Rare connection to external IP address or host by an application using RMI-IIOP or LDAP protocol

Cortex XDR Analytics Alert Reference by Alert name

Product

Cortex XDR

Last date published

2024-10-08

Synopsis

Activation Period	14 Days
Training Period	30 Days
Test Period	N/A (single event)
Deduplication Period	1 Day
Required Data	Requires: Palo Alto Networks Url Logs
Detection Modules
Detector Tags
ATT&CK Tactic	Command and Control (TA0011)
ATT&CK Technique	Application Layer Protocol (T1071)
Severity	Informational

Description

A Process connected to an external IP address or host, which is rarely connected to from the organization.

Attacker's Goals

Connect to a server to retrieve commands or exfiltrate data.

Investigative actions

Check whether the process was injected or otherwise subverted for malicious use.

Variations

Rare connection to external IP address or host by a java application using LDAP protocol

Synopsis

ATT&CK Tactic	Command and Control (TA0011)
ATT&CK Technique	Application Layer Protocol (T1071)
Severity	Medium

Description

A Java Process that never created LDAP connection before connected to an external IP address or host, which is rarely connected to from the organization using LDAP protocol.

Attacker's Goals

Connect to a server to retrieve commands or exfiltrate data.

Investigative actions

Check whether the process was injected or otherwise subverted for malicious use.

Rare connection to external IP address or host by a java application using LDAP protocol

Synopsis

ATT&CK Tactic	Command and Control (TA0011)
ATT&CK Technique	Application Layer Protocol (T1071)
Severity	Medium

Description

A Java Process that never created RMI-IIOP connection before connected to an external IP address or host, which is rarely connected to from the organization using LDAP protocol.

Attacker's Goals

Connect to a server to retrieve commands or exfiltrate data.

Investigative actions

Check whether the process was injected or otherwise subverted for malicious use.

Rare connection to external IP address or host by a java application using LDAP protocol

Synopsis

ATT&CK Tactic	Command and Control (TA0011)
ATT&CK Technique	Application Layer Protocol (T1071)
Severity	Low

Description

A Java Process connected to an external IP address or host, which is rarely connected to from the organization using LDAP protocol.

Attacker's Goals

Connect to a server to retrieve commands or exfiltrate data.

Investigative actions

Check whether the process was injected or otherwise subverted for malicious use.

Rare connection to external IP address or host by a java application using RMI-IIOP protocol

Synopsis

ATT&CK Tactic	Command and Control (TA0011)
ATT&CK Technique	Application Layer Protocol (T1071)
Severity	Low

Description

A Java Process connected to an external IP address or host, which is rarely connected to from the organization using RMI-IIOP protocol.

Attacker's Goals

Connect to a server to retrieve commands or exfiltrate data.

Investigative actions

Check whether the process was injected or otherwise subverted for malicious use.