Microsoft IIS Service Account Password Dumped
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About the rule
Rule Type
Standard
Rule Description
Detects the Internet Information Services (IIS) command-line tool, AppCmd, being used to list passwords
Severity
Trouble
Rule Requirement
Criteria
Action1: actionname = "Process started" AND ((PROCESSNAME endswith "\appcmd.exe" OR ORIGINALFILENAME = "appcmd.exe") AND COMMANDLINE contains "list ") AND (COMMANDLINE contains " /config, /xml, -config, -xml" OR (COMMANDLINE contains " /@t, /text, /show, -@t, -text, -show" AND COMMANDLINE contains ":\*,password")) select Action1.HOSTNAME,Action1.MESSAGE,Action1.COMMANDLINE,Action1.FILE_NAME,Action1.PROCESSNAME,Action1.USERNAME,Action1.PARENTPROCESSNAME
Detection
Execution Mode
realtime
Log Sources
Windows
Author
Tim Rauch, Janantha Marasinghe, Elastic (original idea)
