CVE-2021-40444 - MSHTML RCE
This Playbook is part of the CVE-2021-40444 - MSHTML RCE Pack.#
Supported versions
Supported Cortex XSOAR versions: 5.5.0 and later.
CVE-2021-4044 refers to the MSHTML engine, that has been found vulnerable to arbitrary code execution by a specially crafted Microsoft Office document or rich text format file.
Mitigations:
- Microsoft official patch addressing CVE-2021-40444
- Several workarounds suggested by Microsoft.
Researchers have validated this attack triggered in Windows Explorer with “Preview Mode” enabled, even in just a rich-text format RTF file (not an Office file and without ActiveX). This indicates it can be exploited even without opening the file and this invalidates Microsoft’s workaround mitigation mentioned above.
This playbook should be trigger manually and includes the following tasks:
- Collect related known indicators from several sources.
- Indicators, Files and Process creation patterns hunting using PAN-OS, Cortex XDR and SIEM products.
- Block indicators automatically or manually.
- Provide workarounds and detection capabilities.
- Microsoft official CVE-2021-40444 patch.
More information: Microsoft MSHTML Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
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Dependencies#
This playbook uses the following sub-playbooks, integrations, and scripts.
Sub-playbooks#
- Block Indicators - Generic v2
- Splunk Indicator Hunting
- Palo Alto Networks - Hunting And Threat Detection
- QRadar Indicator Hunting V2
- Search Endpoints By Hash - Generic V2
- Endpoint Enrichment - Generic v2.1
Integrations#
This playbook does not use any integrations.
Scripts#
- ParseHTMLIndicators
- http
- SearchIncidentsV2
Commands#
- qradar-searches
- associateIndicatorsToIncident
- splunk-search
- linkIncidents
- closeInvestigation
- extractIndicators
- setIndicators
Playbook Inputs#
| Name | Description | Default Value | Required |
|---|---|---|---|
| YaraRulesSource | The source of the Yara rules | https://github.com/Neo23x0/signature-base/blob/master/yara/expl_cve_2021_40444.yar | Optional |
| SigmaRulesSource | The source of the Sigma rules | https://github.com/SigmaHQ/sigma/blob/master/rules/windows/file_event/win_file_winword_cve_2021_40444.yml | Optional |
| SplunkEarliestTime | The earliest time for the Splunk search query. | -7d | Optional |
| SplunkLatestTime | The latest time for the Splunk search query. | now | Optional |
| BlockIndicatorsAutomatically | Whether to automatically block the indicators involved. | False | Optional |
| EDLDomainBlocklist | The name of the EDL Domain Block List. | Demisto Remediation - Domain EDL | Optional |
| QRadarTimeRange | The time range for the QRadar search query. | LAST 7 DAYS | Optional |
Playbook Outputs#
There are no outputs for this playbook.
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