Incident Score: Analysis & Impact (CIS1775125662)

Rankiteo's analysis has identified several MITRE ATT&CK tactics and techniques associated with this incident, each with varying levels of confidence based on available evidence. Under the Initial Access tactic, the analysis identified Exploit Public-Facing Application (T1190) with high confidence (90%), with evidence including exposed internal service in SSM On-Prem, and exploited via specially crafted HTTP requests to the platform’s API. Under the Execution tactic, the analysis identified Exploitation for Client Execution (T1203) with high confidence (90%), with evidence including execute arbitrary commands with root privileges, and unauthenticated remote code execution (RCE) vulnerability. Under the Privilege Escalation tactic, the analysis identified Exploitation for Privilege Escalation (T1068) with high confidence (95%), with evidence including execute arbitrary commands with root privileges, and full control over affected systems. Under the Lateral Movement tactic, the analysis identified Exploitation of Remote Services (T1210) with moderate to high confidence (80%), with evidence including pivot laterally across networks, and sSM On-Prem is widely used for enterprise license management. Under the Credential Access tactic, the analysis identified Unsecured Credentials (T1552) with moderate to high confidence (70%), with evidence including exposed internal service in SSM On-Prem, and no authentication or user interaction required. Under the Collection tactic, the analysis identified Data from Local System (T1005) with moderate to high confidence (80%), with evidence including exfiltrate sensitive data, and enterprise license management data. Under the Exfiltration tactic, the analysis identified Exfiltration Over C2 Channel (T1041) with moderate to high confidence (70%), with evidence including exfiltrate sensitive data, and data exfiltration possible. Under the Impact tactic, the analysis identified Data Encrypted for Impact (T1486) with moderate to high confidence (70%), supported by evidence indicating deploy ransomware and other malicious payloads and Resource Hijacking (T1496) with moderate confidence (60%), with evidence including full control over affected systems, and enterprise-wide compromise possible. These correlations help security teams understand the attack chain and develop appropriate defensive measures based on the observed tactics and techniques.