Description
'Identifies a match across various data feeds for named pipe IOCs related to the Solorigate incident.
For the sysmon events required for this detection, logging for Named Pipe Events needs to be configured in Sysmon config (Event ID 17 and Event ID 18)
Reference: https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/azure-sentinel/solarwinds-post-compromise-hunting-with-azure-sentinel/ba-p/1995095'
- Rule type
- Scheduled
- Version
- 1.2.5
- Query frequency
- 1d
- Query period
- 1d
- Trigger
- gt 0
Declared MITRE coverage
Declared sources
Metadata from the source file. No dependencies inferred from KQL.
Connectors
Data types
KQL query
Original query, unchanged.
(union isfuzzy=true
(Event
| where Source == "Microsoft-Windows-Sysmon"
| where EventID in (17,18)
| where EventData has '583da945-62af-10e8-4902-a8f205c72b2e'
| extend EventData = parse_xml(EventData).DataItem.EventData.Data
| mv-expand bagexpansion=array EventData
| evaluate bag_unpack(EventData)
| extend Key = tostring(column_ifexists('@Name', "")), Value = column_ifexists('#text', "")
| evaluate pivot(Key, any(Value), TimeGenerated, Source, EventLog, Computer, EventLevel, EventLevelName, EventID, UserName, MG, ManagementGroupName, _ResourceId)
| extend PipeName = column_ifexists("PipeName", "")
| extend Account = User
| extend AccountName = tostring(split(User, @"\")[1]), AccountNTDomain = tostring(split(User, @"\")[0])
),
(
SecurityEvent
| where EventID == '5145'
// %%4418 looks for presence of CreatePipeInstance value
| where AccessList has '%%4418'
| where RelativeTargetName has '583da945-62af-10e8-4902-a8f205c72b2e'
| extend AccountName = SubjectUserName, AccountNTDomain = SubjectDomainName
),
(
WindowsEvent
| where EventID == '5145' and EventData has '%%4418' and EventData has '583da945-62af-10e8-4902-a8f205c72b2e'
// %%4418 looks for presence of CreatePipeInstance value
| extend AccessList= tostring(EventData.AccessList)
| where AccessList has '%%4418'
| extend RelativeTargetName= tostring(EventData.RelativeTargetName)
| where RelativeTargetName has '583da945-62af-10e8-4902-a8f205c72b2e'
| extend Account = strcat(tostring(EventData.SubjectDomainName),"\\", tostring(EventData.SubjectUserName))
| extend AccountName = tostring(EventData.SubjectUserName), AccountNTDomain = tostring(EventData.SubjectDomainName)
)
)
| extend HostName = tostring(split(Computer, ".")[0]), DomainIndex = toint(indexof(Computer, '.'))
| extend HostNameDomain = iff(DomainIndex != -1, substring(Computer, DomainIndex + 1), Computer)
| project-away DomainIndex
Declared entities
Related content
Links established from declared identifiers and solution manifests.
Source provenance
GitHubDisplayed values come from files in Azure/Azure-Sentinel. They describe the published template, not your workspace configuration.
- Commit
9800e51↗- Source identifier
11b4c19d-2a79-4da3-af38-b067e1273dee
Additional source files 1
Detections/SecurityEvent/SolorigateNamedPipe.yamlsource ↗GSTEP / CATALOG TRACKING
Added to catalog : 16 Sept 2026 · 05:49 UTC
Last change observed : 16 Sept 2026 · 05:49 UTC