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ETW Logging/Processing Option Disabled On IIS Server

Severity
medium
Author
frack113, Nasreddine Bencherchali
Source
upstream

Detects changes to of the IIS server configuration in order to disable/remove the ETW logging/processing option.

MITRE ATT&CK coverage

TacticTechniques
PersistenceT1505.004 Server Software Component: IIS Components
Defense EvasionT1562.002 Impair Defenses: Disable Windows Event Logging

Event coverage

ProviderEvent IDTitle
IIS-Configuration29Changes to 'Configuration' at 'ConfigPath' have successfully been committed.

Stages and Predicates

Stage 1: selection

Configuration|endswith: '@logTargetW3C'
OldValue|contains: ETW

Stage 2: not 1 of filter_main_etw_added

NewValue|contains: ETW

Indicators

Each row is a field, operator, and value that the rule matches. The corpus column counts how many other rules in the catalog look for the same combination: high numbers point to widely-used, community-vetted indicators. Blank or 1 shows that the indicator is specific to this rule.

FieldKindValues
Configurationends_with
  • @logTargetW3C
NewValuematch
  • ETW
OldValuematch
  • ETW