Potential Remote Desktop Tunneling
Detects potential use of an SSH utility to establish RDP over a reverse SSH Tunnel. This can be used by attackers to enable routing of network packets that would otherwise not reach their intended destination.
Detection logic
selection
CommandLine|contains: :3389selection_opt
CommandLine|contains:
- " -L "
- " -P "
- " -R "
- " -pw "
- " -ssh "Condition
all of selection*Raw YAML
title: Potential Remote Desktop Tunneling
id: 8a3038e8-9c9d-46f8-b184-66234a160f6f
status: test
description: Detects potential use of an SSH utility to establish RDP over a reverse SSH Tunnel. This can be used by attackers to enable routing of network packets that would otherwise not reach their intended destination.
references:
- https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/security/current/potential-remote-desktop-tunneling-detected.html
author: Tim Rauch, Elastic (idea)
date: 2022-09-27
tags:
- attack.lateral-movement
- attack.t1021
logsource:
category: process_creation
product: windows
detection:
selection:
CommandLine|contains: ':3389' # RDP port and usual SSH tunneling related switches in command line
selection_opt:
CommandLine|contains:
- ' -L '
- ' -P '
- ' -R '
- ' -pw '
- ' -ssh '
condition: all of selection*
falsepositives:
- Unknown
level: mediumFalse positives
- Unknown