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Eventlog Cleared

One of the Windows Eventlogs has been cleared. e.g. caused by "wevtutil cl" command execution

MITRE ATT&CK

defense-evasion

Detection Query

selection:
  EventID: 104
  Provider_Name: Microsoft-Windows-Eventlog
filter_main_covered:
  Channel:
    - Microsoft-Windows-PowerShell/Operational
    - Microsoft-Windows-Sysmon/Operational
    - PowerShellCore/Operational
    - Security
    - System
    - Windows PowerShell
condition: selection and not 1 of filter_main_*

Author

Florian Roth (Nextron Systems)

Created

2017-01-10

Data Sources

windowssystem

Platforms

windows

References

Tags

attack.defense-evasionattack.t1070.001car.2016-04-002

Raw Content

title: Eventlog Cleared
id: a62b37e0-45d3-48d9-a517-90c1a1b0186b
related:
    - id: f2f01843-e7b8-4f95-a35a-d23584476423
      type: obsolete
    - id: d99b79d2-0a6f-4f46-ad8b-260b6e17f982
      type: derived
    - id: 100ef69e-3327-481c-8e5c-6d80d9507556
      type: derived
status: test
description: One of the Windows Eventlogs has been cleared. e.g. caused by "wevtutil cl" command execution
references:
    - https://twitter.com/deviouspolack/status/832535435960209408
    - https://www.hybrid-analysis.com/sample/027cc450ef5f8c5f653329641ec1fed91f694e0d229928963b30f6b0d7d3a745?environmentId=100
author: Florian Roth (Nextron Systems)
date: 2017-01-10
modified: 2023-11-15
tags:
    - attack.defense-evasion
    - attack.t1070.001
    - car.2016-04-002
logsource:
    product: windows
    service: system
detection:
    selection:
        EventID: 104
        Provider_Name: 'Microsoft-Windows-Eventlog'
    filter_main_covered:
        # The channels below are already covered by the rule 100ef69e-3327-481c-8e5c-6d80d9507556
        Channel:
            - 'Microsoft-Windows-PowerShell/Operational'
            - 'Microsoft-Windows-Sysmon/Operational'
            - 'PowerShellCore/Operational'
            - 'Security'
            - 'System'
            - 'Windows PowerShell'
    condition: selection and not 1 of filter_main_*
falsepositives:
    - Rollout of log collection agents (the setup routine often includes a reset of the local Eventlog)
    - System provisioning (system reset before the golden image creation)
level: medium