Description
The Web Shells Threat Protection solution contains security content that helps proactive and reactive detection of Web Shells used by attackers. Web Shells are malicious scripts that attackers use to compromise internet facing servers. These are commonly used as a backdoor into the targeted web applications and servers. Microsoft Security Research has highlighted the threat, usage and detection of Web Shells in an enterprise environment in the following blogs:
- [Web shell attacks continue to rise](https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/security/blog/2021/02/11/web-shell-attacks-continue-to-rise/)
- [Analyzing attacks taking advantage of the Exchange Server vulnerabilities](https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/security/blog/2021/03/25/analyzing-attacks-taking-advantage-of-the-exchange-server-vulnerabilities/)
**Pre-requisites:**
This is a [domain solution](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/sentinel/sentinel-solutions-catalog#domain-solutions) and does not include any data connectors. The content in this solution supports the connectors listed below. Install one or more of the listed solutions, to unlock the value provided by this solution.
1. Microsoft Defender XDR
2. Windows Security Events
3. Azure Web Application Firewall
**Keywords:** WebDAV, SysAid, Mercury, CVE-2021-26855, CVE-2021-26857, CVE-2021-26858, CVE-2021-27065, SUPERNOVA, SpringShell, CVE-2022-22965
- Version
- 3.0.4
- Declared author / publisher
- Microsoft - support@microsoft.com
- Support tier
- Microsoft
Related content
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Source provenance
GitHubDisplayed values come from files in Azure/Azure-Sentinel. They describe the published template, not your workspace configuration.
- Commit
9800e51↗- Source identifier
azure-sentinel-solution-webshellsthreatprotection
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Added to catalog : 16 Sept 2026 · 05:49 UTC
Last change observed : 16 Sept 2026 · 05:49 UTC