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Network Connection via Mshtaedit
Identifies mshta.exe
making a network connection. This may indicate
adversarial activity as mshta.exe
is often leveraged by adversaries to
execute malicious scripts and evade detection.
Rule indices:
- winlogbeat-*
Severity: medium
Risk score: 47
Runs every: 5 minutes
Searches indices from: now-6m (Date Math format, see also Additional look-back time
)
Maximum signals per execution: 100
References:
Tags:
- Elastic
- Windows
Rule version: 1
Added (Elastic Stack release): 7.6.0
Rule queryedit
event.action:"Network connection detected (rule: NetworkConnect)" and process.name:"mshta.exe"
Threat mappingedit
Framework: MITRE ATT&CKTM
-
Tactic:
- Name: Execution
- ID: TA0002
- Reference URL: https://attack.mitre.org/tactics/TA0002/
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Technique:
- Name: Mshta
- ID: T1170
- Reference URL: https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1170/