false positives may occur if there are legitimate activities that mimic the exploitation pattern. it's recommended to review the context of the alerts and adjust the analytic parameters to better fit the specific environment.

Techniques

T1068

Sample rules

Microsoft SharePoint Server Elevation of Privilege

source: splunk
technicques:
- T1068

Description

The following analytic detects potential exploitation attempts against Microsoft SharePoint Server vulnerability CVE-2023-29357. This vulnerability pertains to an elevation of privilege due to improper handling of authentication tokens. By monitoring for suspicious activities related to SharePoint Server, the analytic identifies attempts to exploit this vulnerability. If a true positive is detected, it indicates a serious security breach where an attacker might have gained privileged access to the SharePoint environment, potentially leading to data theft or other malicious activities.

Detection logic


| tstats count min(_time) as firstTime max(_time) as lastTime from datamodel=Web where Web.url IN ("/_api/web/siteusers*","/_api/web/currentuser*") Web.status=200 Web.http_method=GET by Web.http_user_agent, Web.status Web.http_method, Web.url, Web.url_length, Web.src, Web.dest, sourcetype 
| `drop_dm_object_name("Web")` 
| `security_content_ctime(firstTime)` 
| `security_content_ctime(lastTime)` 
| `microsoft_sharepoint_server_elevation_of_privilege_filter`