Exploit and Pentest Framework User Agent
This query detects suspicious user agent strings used by exploit and pen test frameworks.There are several exploit and pen test frameworks that are being used by pen testers as well as attackers to compromise an…
Description
This query detects suspicious user agent strings used by exploit and pen test frameworks.There are several exploit and pen test frameworks that are being used by pen testers as well as attackers to compromise an environment and achieve their objective. The query tries to detect suspicious user agent strings used by these frameworks in some of the data sources that contain UserAgent field. This is based out of sigma rules described in references. References: https://github.com/SigmaHQ/sigma/blob/master/rules/web/proxy_generic/proxy_ua_frameworks.yml
Detection logic
Detection requirements
- Platform
- ESXiIdentity ProviderLinuxmacOSNetwork DevicesWindows
The rule states no platform. This is derived from the 3 ATT&CK techniques it maps to.
- Log source product
- awsazuremonitor_iisoffice365
- Log source service
- awscloudtrailofficeactivityw3ciislog
MITRE ATT&CK mappings
0 exclusive techniques.This is coverage no other published rule has; it is not this rule's total technique count.
No references are available for this detection.
From the source
- At source
- Open at source
- Upstream identifier
- df75ac6c-7b0b-40d2-82e4-191c012f1a07
- Tagged by the source as
- CommandAndControlExecutionInitialAccess
Licence
- Published under
- MIT LicenseRead the licence
- Attribution
- Required
- Obtained under
- MITRead the origin licence
Authorship
- Published
- Sep 1, 2026
- Version
- 1