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Courses of Action - Execution

This Playbook is part of the MITRE ATT&CK - Courses of Action Pack.#

Supported versions

Supported Cortex XSOAR versions: 6.5.0 and later.

This playbook handles MITRE ATT&CK Techniques using intelligence-driven Courses of Action (COA) defined by Palo Alto Networks Unit 42 team. It utilizes each of the sub-playbooks for specific techniques that belong to this phase (tactic) according to the MITRE ATT&CK kill chain. The sub-playbook called depends on the technique input.

***Disclaimer: This playbook does not simulate an attack using the specified techniques, but follows the steps to remediation as defined by Palo Alto Networks Unit 42 team’s Actionable Threat Objects and Mitigations (ATOMs).

Tactic:

  • TA0002: Execution

MITRE ATT&CK Description: The adversary is trying to run malicious code.

Execution consists of techniques that result in adversary-controlled code running on a local or remote system. Techniques that run malicious code are often paired with techniques from all other tactics to achieve broader goals, like exploring a network or stealing data. For example, an adversary might use a remote access tool to run a PowerShell script that does Remote System Discovery.

Possible playbook triggers:

  • The playbook can be used as a part of the “Courses of Action - Collection” playbook to remediate techniques based on kill chain phase.
  • The playbook can be used as a part of the “MITRE ATT&CK - Courses of Action” playbook, that can be triggered by different sources and accepts the technique MITRE ATT&CK ID as an input.

Dependencies#

This playbook uses the following sub-playbooks, integrations, and scripts.

Sub-playbooks#

  • MITRE ATT&CK CoA - T1569.002 - Service Execution
  • MITRE ATT&CK CoA - T1059 - Command and Scripting Interpreter
  • MITRE ATT&CK CoA - T1204 - User Execution
  • MITRE ATT&CK CoA - T1059.001 - PowerShell

Integrations#

This playbook does not use any integrations.

Scripts#

  • SetAndHandleEmpty
  • Set

Commands#

  • setIncident

Playbook Inputs#


NameDescriptionDefault ValueRequired
techniqueMitre ATT&CK ID of a technique.Optional
templateTemplate name to enforce WildFire best practices profile.Optional
pre_postRules location. Can be 'pre-rulebase' or 'post-rulebase'. Mandatory for Panorama instances.Optional
device-groupThe device group for which to return addresses (Panorama instances).Optional
tagTag for which to filter the rules.Optional

Playbook Outputs#


PathDescriptionType
Handled.TechniquesThe technique handled in this playbookunknown
Execution.ProductListProducts used for remediation.unknown

Playbook Image#


Courses of Action - Execution