Taskkill Symantec Endpoint Protection

Title: Taskkill Symantec Endpoint Protection
Status: test
Description:Detects one of the possible scenarios for disabling Symantec Endpoint Protection. Symantec Endpoint Protection antivirus software services incorrectly implement the protected service mechanism. As a result, the NT AUTHORITY/SYSTEM user can execute the taskkill /im command several times ccSvcHst.exe /f, thereby killing the process belonging to the service, and thus shutting down the service.
References:
  -https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/37525
  -https://community.spiceworks.com/topic/2195015-batch-script-to-uninstall-symantec-endpoint-protection
  -https://community.broadcom.com/symantecenterprise/communities/community-home/digestviewer/viewthread?MessageKey=6ce94b67-74e1-4333-b16f-000b7fd874f0&CommunityKey=1ecf5f55-9545-44d6-b0f4-4e4a7f5f5e68&tab=digestviewer
Author: Ilya Krestinichev, Florian Roth (Nextron Systems)
Date: 2022-09-13
modified:None
Tags:

• -'attack.defense-impairment'
• -'attack.t1685'

Logsource:

• category: process_creation
• product: windows

Detection:
  selection:
    CommandLine|contains|all:
      -'taskkill'
      -' /F '
      -' /IM '
      -'ccSvcHst.exe'

  condition:selection
Falsepositives:
  -Unknown
Level: high