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API Reference — Hunting for Living-off-the-Land Binaries

Libraries Used

  • elasticsearch (elasticsearch-py): Query Elastic SIEM for LOLBin process events
  • python-evtx (Evtx): Parse Windows EVTX event logs for Sysmon process creation
  • re: Regex matching against suspicious command-line argument patterns

CLI Interface

python agent.py hunt --es-host <url> --index <pattern> [--api-key <key>] [--hours <n>]
python agent.py sysmon --evtx-file <path>

Core Functions

hunt_lolbins_elastic(es_host, es_index, api_key=None, hours=24)

Queries Elasticsearch for 12 LOLBin binaries with suspicious argument patterns.

Parameters:

Name Type Description
es_host str Elasticsearch host URL
es_index str Index pattern (default: logs-*)
api_key str Optional API key
hours int Lookback window in hours

Returns: dict with detections list (each with binary, mitre, count, events).

scan_sysmon_log(evtx_file)

Parses Sysmon EVTX logs for Event ID 1 (Process Creation) matching LOLBin names.

Parameters:

Name Type Description
evtx_file str Path to Sysmon .evtx file

Returns: dict with lolbin_events count and findings list.

LOLBins Covered

Binary MITRE Technique Suspicious Pattern Examples
certutil.exe T1140, T1105 -urlcache, -decode, -encode
mshta.exe T1218.005 vbscript:, javascript:, HTTP URLs
regsvr32.exe T1218.010 /s /n /u /i:, scrobj.dll
rundll32.exe T1218.011 javascript:, shell32.dll
bitsadmin.exe T1197 /transfer, /download
wmic.exe T1047 process call create, /node:
powershell.exe T1059.001 -enc, IEX, DownloadString, -w hidden

Dependencies

pip install elasticsearch>=8.0 python-evtx