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Id968358d6-6af8-49bb-aaa4-187b3067fb95
RulenameExchange SSRF Autodiscover ProxyShell - Detection
DescriptionThis query looks for suspicious request patterns to Exchange servers that fit patterns recently blogged about by PeterJson. This exploitation chain utilises an SSRF vulnerability in Exchange which eventually allows the attacker to execute arbitrary Powershell on the server.

In the example powershell can be used to write an email to disk with an encoded attachment containing a shell.

Reference: https://peterjson.medium.com/reproducing-the-proxyshell-pwn2own-exploit-49743a4ea9a1
SeverityHigh
TacticsInitialAccess
TechniquesT1190
Required data connectorsAzureMonitor(IIS)
KindScheduled
Query frequency12h
Query period12h
Trigger threshold0
Trigger operatorgt
Source Urihttps://github.com/Azure/Azure-Sentinel/blob/master/Detections/W3CIISLog/ProxyShellPwn2Own.yaml
Version1.0.3
Arm template968358d6-6af8-49bb-aaa4-187b3067fb95.json
Deploy To Azure
let successCodes = dynamic([200, 302, 401]);
W3CIISLog
| where scStatus has_any (successCodes)
| where ipv4_is_private(cIP) == False
| where csUriStem hasprefix "/autodiscover/autodiscover.json"
| project TimeGenerated, cIP, sIP, sSiteName, csUriStem, csUriQuery, Computer, csUserName, _ResourceId, FileUri
| where (csUriQuery !has "Protocol" and isnotempty(csUriQuery))
or (csUriQuery has_any("/mapi/", "powershell"))
or (csUriQuery contains "@" and csUriQuery matches regex @"\.[a-zA-Z]{2,4}?(?:[a-zA-Z]{2,4}\/)")
or (csUriQuery contains ":" and csUriQuery matches regex @"\:[0-9]{2,4}\/")
| extend HostName = tostring(split(Computer, ".")[0]), DomainIndex = toint(indexof(Computer, '.'))
| extend HostNameDomain = iff(DomainIndex != -1, substring(Computer, DomainIndex + 1), Computer)
| extend AccountName = tostring(split(csUserName, "@")[0]), AccountUPNSuffix = tostring(split(csUserName, "@")[1])
entityMappings:
- entityType: Account
  fieldMappings:
  - identifier: FullName
    columnName: csUserName
  - identifier: Name
    columnName: AccountName
  - identifier: UPNSuffix
    columnName: AccountUPNSuffix
- entityType: Host
  fieldMappings:
  - identifier: FullName
    columnName: Computer
- entityType: IP
  fieldMappings:
  - identifier: Address
    columnName: cIP
- entityType: AzureResource
  fieldMappings:
  - identifier: ResourceId
    columnName: _ResourceId
name: Exchange SSRF Autodiscover ProxyShell - Detection
kind: Scheduled
queryFrequency: 12h
triggerOperator: gt
queryPeriod: 12h
requiredDataConnectors:
- connectorId: AzureMonitor(IIS)
  dataTypes:
  - W3CIISLog
tactics:
- InitialAccess
description: |
  'This query looks for suspicious request patterns to Exchange servers that fit patterns recently blogged about by PeterJson. This exploitation chain utilises an SSRF vulnerability in Exchange which eventually allows the attacker to execute arbitrary Powershell on the server.
  In the example powershell can be used to write an email to disk with an encoded attachment containing a shell.
  Reference: https://peterjson.medium.com/reproducing-the-proxyshell-pwn2own-exploit-49743a4ea9a1'
severity: High
id: 968358d6-6af8-49bb-aaa4-187b3067fb95
metadata:
  author:
    name: Thomas McElroy
  categories:
    domains:
    - Security - Others
  source:
    kind: Community
  support:
    tier: Community
triggerThreshold: 0
query: |
  let successCodes = dynamic([200, 302, 401]);
  W3CIISLog
  | where scStatus has_any (successCodes)
  | where ipv4_is_private(cIP) == False
  | where csUriStem hasprefix "/autodiscover/autodiscover.json"
  | project TimeGenerated, cIP, sIP, sSiteName, csUriStem, csUriQuery, Computer, csUserName, _ResourceId, FileUri
  | where (csUriQuery !has "Protocol" and isnotempty(csUriQuery))
  or (csUriQuery has_any("/mapi/", "powershell"))
  or (csUriQuery contains "@" and csUriQuery matches regex @"\.[a-zA-Z]{2,4}?(?:[a-zA-Z]{2,4}\/)")
  or (csUriQuery contains ":" and csUriQuery matches regex @"\:[0-9]{2,4}\/")
  | extend HostName = tostring(split(Computer, ".")[0]), DomainIndex = toint(indexof(Computer, '.'))
  | extend HostNameDomain = iff(DomainIndex != -1, substring(Computer, DomainIndex + 1), Computer)
  | extend AccountName = tostring(split(csUserName, "@")[0]), AccountUPNSuffix = tostring(split(csUserName, "@")[1])
OriginalUri: https://github.com/Azure/Azure-Sentinel/blob/master/Detections/W3CIISLog/ProxyShellPwn2Own.yaml
version: 1.0.3
relevantTechniques:
- T1190
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