Techniques
Sample rules
Outbound Network Connection from Java Using Default Ports
- source: splunk
- technicques:
- T1190
- T1133
Description
The following analytic detects outbound network connections from Java processes to default ports used by LDAP and RMI protocols, which may indicate exploitation of the CVE-2021-44228-Log4j vulnerability. This detection leverages data from Endpoint Detection and Response (EDR) agents, focusing on process and network traffic logs. Monitoring this activity is crucial as it can signify an attacker’s attempt to perform JNDI lookups and retrieve malicious payloads. If confirmed malicious, this activity could lead to remote code execution and further compromise of the affected server.
Detection logic
| tstats `security_content_summariesonly` count FROM datamodel=Endpoint.Processes where (Processes.process_name="java.exe" OR Processes.process_name=javaw.exe OR Processes.process_name=javaw.exe) by _time Processes.process_id Processes.process_name Processes.dest Processes.process_path Processes.process Processes.parent_process_name
| `drop_dm_object_name(Processes)`
| `security_content_ctime(firstTime)`
| `security_content_ctime(lastTime)`
| join process_id [
| tstats `security_content_summariesonly` count FROM datamodel=Network_Traffic.All_Traffic where (All_Traffic.dest_port= 389 OR All_Traffic.dest_port= 636 OR All_Traffic.dest_port = 1389 OR All_Traffic.dest_port = 1099 ) by All_Traffic.process_id All_Traffic.dest All_Traffic.dest_port
| `drop_dm_object_name(All_Traffic)`
| rename dest as connection_to_CNC]
| table _time dest parent_process_name process_name process_path process connection_to_CNC dest_port
| `outbound_network_connection_from_java_using_default_ports_filter`