Splunk usage
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For the quick deployment of a Splunk instance, the Splunk docker image (by Splunk) can be used.
Search commands
| Command | Description | Example |
|---|---|---|
Example / useful search queries
olafhartong's ThreatHunting
The ThreatHunting Splunk application contains multiple dashboards, relying on telemetry from Sysmon and mapped on the MITRE ATT&CK framework.
The following Splunk applications must be installed for ThreatHunting to work:
The Threathunting application can then be installed. and will index should be configured on the indexers.
https://docs.splunk.com/Documentation/SplunkCloud/9.0.2208/SearchReference/ListOfSearchCommands
| Query | Description |
|---|---|
dedup <FIELD>
dedup <FIELD1> <FIELDN>
Removes events containing an identical value(s) for the specified field(s).
dedup index
| eventcount [index=<* | INDEX>]
Returns the number of events in the specified indexes.
fields [+|-] <FIELD>
fields <FIELD1> <FIELDN>
Keeps or removes the specified fields.
Default to keeping fields (+).
iplocation allfields=true <FIELD>
Extracts location information (city, country, continent, ...) for the IP address by using a local copy of the ip-to-city-lite.mmdb IP geolocation database file
rare [limit=<INT>] <FIELD>
rare <FIELD1> <FIELDN>
rare <FIELD> by <FIELD_GROUP_BY> [<FIELD_GROUP_BYN>]
Displays the least common value of the specified field or the least common combination of values of the specified fields.
With the group by close, rare field(s) for each field(s) in the given grouped by fields are returned.
... | rare Process_Command_Line
Returns the rare Process_Command_Line fields.
... | rare Process_Command_Line Account_Name
Returns the rare combination of Process_Command_Line and Account_Name fields.
... | rare Process_Command_Line by Account_Name
Returns the rare Process_Command_Line fields for each different Account_Name.
rename <FIELD_NAME> AS <NEW_FIELD_NAME>
Renames the specified field.
Can be used in a nested search query to rename the pivoting field.
Rename FIELD to NEW_FIELD to filter on NEW_FIELD=FIELD_VALUE in the main search:
index=* [search index=* | dedup FIELD | rename FIELD AS NEW_FIELD]
Rename FIELD to the search keyword to use FIELD_VALUE as a plain text filter in the main search:
index=* [search index=* | dedup FIELD | rename FIELD AS search]
reverse
Reverses the order in which events are displayed (more recent to oldest by default).
sort [limit=<LIMIT_INT>] [+ | -] <FIELD>
sort [+ | -] <FIELD1> <FIELDN>
Sorts results by the specified field(s). The top 10 000 events are returned by default.
The + (default) and - sign can be used to sort respectively by ascending or descending order.
Cast functions (nums, str, etc.) can be applied to each fields if necessary.
... | sort -num(size)
Sorts results by size in descending order.
stats count by <FIELD>
stats count by <FIELD1> <FIELDN>
Counts the number of events by field or for a combination of the specified fields.
timeformat="%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S" earliest="<YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM:SS>" latest="<YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM:SS>"
Filters results in the specified timeframe (with earliest and / or latest).
timeformat="%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S" earliest="2023-01-13 11:12:13" latest="2023-02-01 21:00:00"
where <CONDITION>
Filters results based on the specified condition(s)
<SELECTION> | stats earliest(_time) AS Earliest, latest(_time) AS Latest | convert ctime(Earliest) ctime(Latest)
Displays the timestamps of first and last events from the selection
eval match=if(match(<FIELD_1>,<FIELD_2>), 1, 0) | search match=<0 | 1>
Filters events if FIELD_1 and FIELD_2 match (match=1) / do not match (match=0).
eval <NEW_FIELD>=mvindex(<FIELD>,<0 | INDEX_START>,<0 | INDEX_END>)
Extracts a subset - INDEX_START to INDEX_END - from the multivalue field <FIELD> into NEW_FIELD
| eventcount index=* summarize=false | dedup index | fields index
Lists available (non-internal) indexes.
index=* sourcetype=wineventlog EventCode=4688 | rare limit=100 Process_Command_Line
Returns the 100th rarest process execution command line (from non-default Windows Security logs).
index=* sourcetype=xmlwineventlog EventCode=3 DestinationHostname=*<DOMAIN> | stats count by DestinationHostname, Image
Counts the number of hits on each subdomains of <DOMAIN> by Image (from Sysmon logs).
| tstats min(_time) as latest max(_time) as earliest WHERE index="<* | INDEX>" by index, source | convert timeformat="%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S" ctime(earliest) ctime(latest)
Retrieves the earliest and latest events of each given types for the specified or all index.
index="<INDEX>" operationName="Sign-in activity" resultType=0
[search index="<INDEX>" operationName="Sign-in activity" resultType IN (50074, 50126, 50140) | dedup properties.userPrincipalName,resultType,properties.ipAddress | fields properties.ipAddress]
| dedup properties.userPrincipalName | table properties.userPrincipalName,resultType,properties.ipAddress
<SEARCH> | regex _raw=".*\*.*"
Searching for the literal character *.
<SEARCH>
| eval time_epoch=strptime(<TIMESTAMP_FIELD>, "[%Y-%m-%dT%T | TIMESTAMP_FORMAT>")
| eval time_diff=now() - time_epoch
| search time_diff <= 2592000
| sort 0 - time_epoch
Sort events using another timestamp (TIMESTAMP_FIELD) of TIMESTAMP_FORMAT format, only keeping events newer than 30 days (30d * 24h * 3600s).
rex field=<FIELD_TO_EXTRACT_FROM> "(?<<NEW_FIELD>>\\d+\.\\d+\.\\d+\.\\d+)"
rex command to extract an IPv4 from the specified field to the new field using an (dirty) regex.
<SELECTION> | eventstats count AS Count by host | eventstats earliest(_time) AS Earliest, latest(_time) AS Latest by host | sort Earliest | convert ctime(Earliest) ctime(Latest) | table host,Earliest,Latest,Count
Displays the timestamps of first and last events as well as the count of total events from the selection by host. The host field can be replaced by any field(s).