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Suspicious LDAP search query

This Playbook is part of the Core - Investigation and Response Pack.#

Supported versions

Supported Cortex XSOAR versions: 8.8.0 and later.

This playbook is designed to handle the following alerts:

  • Possible LDAP enumeration by unsigned process.
  • Suspicious LDAP search query executed.

The playbook executes the following stages:

Investigation: Check the following parameters to determine if remediation actions are needed:

  • Cortex XSIAM alerts related to the hostname by MITRE tactics indicating malicious activity.
  • Whether the Actor Process Command line contains suspicious arguments.
  • Checks for prevalence of the Actor Process Name and Actor Process CMD.
  • Host risk score is "Medium" or "High".
  • User risk score is "High".

Remediation:

  • Handles malicious alerts terminating the causality process.
  • Handles non-malicious alerts identified during the investigation.

Dependencies#

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

Sub-playbooks#

Command-Line Analysis

Integrations#

CortexCoreIR

Scripts#

SearchAlertsV2

Commands#

  • core-terminate-causality
  • core-list-risky-hosts
  • closeInvestigation
  • core-get-process-analytics-prevalence
  • core-get-cmd-analytics-prevalence
  • core-list-risky-users

Playbook Inputs#


There are no inputs for this playbook.

Playbook Outputs#


There are no outputs for this playbook.

Playbook Image#


Suspicious LDAP search query