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Disable Windows IIS HTTP Logging

Disables HTTP logging on a Windows IIS web server as seen by Threat Group 3390 (Bronze Union)

MITRE ATT&CK

defense-evasion

Detection Query

selection_img:
  - Image|endswith: \appcmd.exe
  - OriginalFileName: appcmd.exe
selection_cli:
  CommandLine|contains|all:
    - set
    - config
    - section:httplogging
    - dontLog:true
condition: all of selection_*

Author

frack113

Created

2022-01-09

Data Sources

windowsProcess Creation Events

Platforms

windows

References

https://github.com/redcanaryco/atomic-red-team/blob/f339e7da7d05f6057fdfcdd3742bfcf365fee2a9/atomics/T1562.002/T1562.002.md#atomic-test-1---disable-windows-iis-http-logging

Tags

attack.defense-evasionattack.t1562.002

Raw Content

title: Disable Windows IIS HTTP Logging
id: e4ed6030-ffe5-4e6a-8a8a-ab3c1ab9d94e
status: test
description: Disables HTTP logging on a Windows IIS web server as seen by Threat Group 3390 (Bronze Union)
references:
    - https://github.com/redcanaryco/atomic-red-team/blob/f339e7da7d05f6057fdfcdd3742bfcf365fee2a9/atomics/T1562.002/T1562.002.md#atomic-test-1---disable-windows-iis-http-logging
author: frack113
date: 2022-01-09
modified: 2023-01-22
tags:
    - attack.defense-evasion
    - attack.t1562.002
logsource:
    category: process_creation
    product: windows
detection:
    selection_img:
        - Image|endswith: '\appcmd.exe'
        - OriginalFileName: 'appcmd.exe'
    selection_cli:
        CommandLine|contains|all:
            - 'set'
            - 'config'
            - 'section:httplogging'
            - 'dontLog:true'
    condition: all of selection_*
falsepositives:
    - Unknown
level: high