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Security 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_517:
  EventID: 517
  Provider_Name: Security
selection_1102:
  EventID: 1102
  Provider_Name: Microsoft-Windows-Eventlog
condition: 1 of selection_*

Author

Florian Roth (Nextron Systems)

Created

2017-01-10

Data Sources

windowssecurity

Platforms

windows

References

Tags

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

Raw Content

title: Security Eventlog Cleared
id: d99b79d2-0a6f-4f46-ad8b-260b6e17f982
related:
    - id: f2f01843-e7b8-4f95-a35a-d23584476423
      type: obsolete
    - id: a122ac13-daf8-4175-83a2-72c387be339d
      type: obsolete
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
    - https://github.com/Azure/Azure-Sentinel/blob/f99542b94afe0ad2f19a82cc08262e7ac8e1428e/Detections/SecurityEvent/SecurityEventLogCleared.yaml
author: Florian Roth (Nextron Systems)
date: 2017-01-10
modified: 2022-02-24
tags:
    - attack.defense-evasion
    - attack.t1070.001
    - car.2016-04-002
logsource:
    product: windows
    service: security
detection:
    selection_517:
        EventID: 517
        Provider_Name: Security
    selection_1102:
        EventID: 1102
        Provider_Name: Microsoft-Windows-Eventlog
    condition: 1 of selection_*
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: high