Control Panel Items

Detects the use of a control panel item (.cpl) outside of the System32 folder

Rule Content

- title: Control Panel Items
  id: 0ba863e6-def5-4e50-9cea-4dd8c7dc46a4
  status: experimental
  description: Detects the use of a control panel item (.cpl) outside of the System32
    folder
  reference:
  - https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1196/
  tags:
  - attack.execution
  - attack.t1196
  - attack.defense_evasion
  author: Kyaw Min Thein
  date: 2019/08/27
  level: critical
  logsource:
    product: windows
    category: process_creation
    service: null
  detection:
    selection:
      CommandLine: '*.cpl'
    filter:
      CommandLine:
      - '*\System32\\*'
      - '*%System%*'
    condition: selection and not filter
  falsepositives:
  - Unknown

Querying Elasticsearch

Import Libraries



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from elasticsearch import Elasticsearch
from elasticsearch_dsl import Search
import pandas as pd

Initialize Elasticsearch client



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es = Elasticsearch(['http://helk-elasticsearch:9200'])
searchContext = Search(using=es, index='logs-*', doc_type='doc')

Run Elasticsearch Query



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s = searchContext.query('query_string', query='(process_command_line.keyword:*.cpl AND (NOT (process_command_line.keyword:(*\\System32\\* OR *%System%*))))')
response = s.execute()
if response.success():
    df = pd.DataFrame((d.to_dict() for d in s.scan()))

Show Results



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df.head()