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[RFC] Stage 0: Introducing new fields in file/dll/process fields (ela…
…stic#2387) --------- Co-authored-by: Michael Wolf <[email protected]>
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| # 0048: File Origin Fields | ||
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| - Stage: **0 (strawperson)** <!-- Update to reflect target stage. See https://elastic.github.io/ecs/stages.html --> | ||
| - Date: **2024-10-15** <!-- The ECS team sets this date at merge time. This is the date of the latest stage advancement. --> | ||
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| Stage 0: Provide a high level summary of the premise of these changes. Briefly describe the nature, purpose, and impact of the changes. ~2-5 sentences. | ||
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| It is known that when downloading files from the internet using a web browser (eg. Chrome, Edge, etc), information about the file's source is added to the file. | ||
| In Windows, it is known as the Mark of the Web and stored in file's Alternate Data Stream (ADS). In MacOS, it is stored in file's extended file attributes (metadata). | ||
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| For example, in Windows, when you download an image file (`image17.webp`) from [this webpage](https://www.elastic.co/security-labs/pikabot-i-choose-you) using a web browser, the download source URL is automatically added to the file's Alternate Data Stream (ADS) as following. | ||
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| <img width="578" alt="image" src="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/b3dba571-1155-4226-88a0-fb9d67424d64"> | ||
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| * Inside `image17.webp:Zone.Identifier:$DATA` | ||
| <img width="804" alt="image" src="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/f6058d40-d060-4dcb-9bdc-760e76389b45"> | ||
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| In ensuring endpoint security, the origin information of a file is crucial for determining whether a downloaded file or executable from the internet comes from a safe source and if it is safe to execute. | ||
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| Thus, this PR adds new fields to store the URL of the file's origin information for `file`, `process`, and `dll`. | ||
| The ReferrerUrl is intended to be stored in the `origin_referrer_url` field, and the `HostUrl` is inteded to be stored in the `origin_url` field. The ZoneId is intended to be stored in the `zone_identifier` field. | ||
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| ## Fields | ||
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| The new fields proposed are: | ||
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| Field | Type | Description /Usage | ||
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| file.origin_referrer_url | keyword | The URL of the webpage that linked to the file. | ||
| file.origin_url | keyword | The URL where the file is hosted. | ||
| file.zone_identifier | short | Numerical identifier that indicates the security zone of a file's origin. | ||
| process.origin_referrer_url | keyword | The URL of the webpage that linked to the file. | ||
| process.origin_url | keyword | The URL where the file is hosted. | ||
| process.zone_identifier | short | Numerical identifier that indicates the security zone of a file's origin. | ||
| dll.origin_referrer_url | keyword | The URL of the webpage that linked to the file. | ||
| dll.origin_url | keyword | The URL where the file is hosted. | ||
| dll.zone_identifier | short | Numerical identifier that indicates the security zone of a file's origin. | ||
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| ## Usage | ||
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| ## Scope of impact | ||
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| ## People | ||
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| The following are the people that consulted on the contents of this RFC. | ||
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| * @AsuNa-jp | author | ||
| * @joe-desimone | ||
| * @trisch-me | ||
| * @mjwolf | ||
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| ## References | ||
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| ### RFC Pull Requests | ||
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| * Stage 0: https://github.com/elastic/ecs/pull/2387 | ||
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