On Mon, Feb 2, 2015 at 10:12 AM, Khoshal A R.
<[email protected]> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> No Please, I meant I ended up goin to some blog online and I tried that 
> solution, not on the OSSEC documentation, definitely not.
>
> Can you please help on noticing where I'm going wrong on the below 
> configuration.
>


Besides that I already pointed out? Try changing the level for the
rule that's being triggered, if that's your final goal.

> Regards,
> Khoshal AR
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On 
> Behalf Of dan (ddp)
> Sent: Monday, February 02, 2015 8:36 PM
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: Re: [ossec-list] overwrite rules from Local_rules.xml does not work
>
> On Mon, Feb 2, 2015 at 9:59 AM, Khoshal A R.
> <[email protected]> wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> I tried without changing the rule_id , but somewhere in the on the online 
>> docs I got this idea to use the new rule ID, however now as you mentioned I 
>> ve reverted back and to narrow the issue I m pasting the config entry in 
>> local_rules.xml and the corresponding output from 
>> /var/ossec/logs/alerts/alerts.log
>>
>
> If you figure out what part of the documentation gave you that idea,
> let me know and I'll try to make it more clear.
>
>> This is the entry in local_rules.xml:
>>
>> <rule id="18106" level="13" overwrite="yes">
>>     <if_sid>18105</if_sid>
>>     
>> <id>^529$|^530$|^531$|^532$|^533$|^534$|^535$|^536$|^537$|^539$|^4625$</id>
>>     <description>Windows Logon Failure.</description>
>>     <group>win_authentication_failed,</group>
>>   </rule>
>>
>> Then I tried with the invalid password to one of our windows agent and here 
>> is the output from alerts.log
>>
>> ** Alert 1422888616.112065949: - windows,win_authentication_failed,
>> 2015 Feb 02 14:50:16 (RZP_NA_PROD_RDP01) 10.0.0.6->WinEvtLog
>> Rule: 18138 (level 7) -> 'Logon Failure - Account locked out.'
>
> The rule you modified is 18106, this log message triggers 18138. I
> don't see anything in 18138 that would be affected by the change in
> 18106. I'm not very confused as to what you're trying to do, because
> this doesn't really make much sense.
>
>> User: (no user)
>> 2015 Feb 02 09:50:05 WinEvtLog: Security: AUDIT_FAILURE(4625): 
>> Microsoft-Windows-Security-Auditing: (no user): no domain: RZPPROD-RDP01: An 
>> account failed to log on. Subject:  Security ID:  S-1-0-0  Account Name:  -  
>> Account Domain:  -  Logon ID:  0x0  Logon Type:   3  Account For Which Logon 
>> Failed:  Security ID:  S-1-0-0  Account Name:  khoshalk  Account Domain:  
>> RZPPROD-RDP01  Failure Information:  Failure Reason:  %%2313  Status:   
>> 0xc000006d  Sub Status:  0xc0000064  Process Information:  Caller Process 
>> ID: 0x0  Caller Process Name: -  Network Information:  Workstation Name: 
>> BG1NB189  Source Network Address: -  Source Port:  -  Detailed 
>> Authentication Information:  Logon Process:  NtLmSsp   Authentication 
>> Package: NTLM  Transited Services: -  Package Name (NTLM only): -  Key 
>> Length:  0  This event is generated when a logon request fails. It is 
>> generated on the computer where access was attempted.
>>
>> Email alert level is set to 12 in ossec.conf and I ve restarted OSSEC after 
>> I added to the local_rules.xml.
>>
>> Can you please figure out where exactly Im going wrong with this,
>>
>> Regards,
>> Khoshal AR
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On 
>> Behalf Of dan (ddp)
>> Sent: Monday, February 02, 2015 8:03 PM
>> To: [email protected]
>> Subject: Re: [ossec-list] overwrite rules from Local_rules.xml does not work
>>
>> On Mon, Feb 2, 2015 at 9:24 AM, Khoshal A R.
>> <[email protected]> wrote:
>>> Hi,
>>> Thanx for quick response.
>>>
>>> These entries are not commented in local_rules.xml, here is one sample rule 
>>> I am trying to modify the severity,
>>>
>>> <rule id="100111" level="13" overwrite="yes">
>>
>> I don't have a 100111, can you provide your original rule with id 100111?
>> Or, are you misunderstanding the overwrite option? You should use
>> overwrite when there is a rule in the *_rules.xml files that come with
>> OSSEC that you want to modify. If you are creating a new rule, you
>> should not be using the overwrite option.
>> For example, if you wanted to change the level of rule 18105, you could use:
>>
>> <rule id="18105" level="12" overwrite="yes">
>>   <if_sid>18100</if_sid>
>>   <status>^AUDIT_FAILURE|^failure</status>
>>   <description>Windows audit failure event.</description>
>> </rule>
>>
>> Notice how the "rule id" does not change, only the level and the
>> addition of the overwrite option.
>>
>>>     <if_sid>18105,18106,18116</if_sid>
>>>     <match>illegal user|invalid user</match>
>>>     <description>Attempt to login using a non-existent user</description>
>>>     <group>invalid_login,authentication_failed,</group>
>>>   </rule>
>>>
>>> Also , I am restarting OSSEC after every little change in the config 
>>> files.If I set the mail alert to less than 12 I get the alerts correctly 
>>> but as there are too many events Im flooded with mails hence I'm trying to 
>>> increase the severity of few events like the one above mentioned.
>>>
>>> I'm also checking the /var/ossec/logs/alerts/alerts.log after I made the 
>>> entry in local_rules.xml and restarted OSSEC, but alerts.log still gives 
>>> the rule number in the msauth_rules.xml and not the rule number on 
>>> local_rules.xml,
>>>
>>> Please let me know if you need more info,
>>>
>>> Regards,
>>> Khoshal AR
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On 
>>> Behalf Of dan (ddp)
>>> Sent: Monday, February 02, 2015 7:31 PM
>>> To: [email protected]
>>> Subject: Re: [ossec-list] overwrite rules from Local_rules.xml does not work
>>>
>>> On Mon, Feb 2, 2015 at 8:57 AM, Khoshal A R.
>>> <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>> Hi,
>>>>
>>>> Can you please help me in what I m doing wrong in modifying the severity of
>>>> the rules that I m trying in local_rules.xml.
>>>>
>>>> OS : Kali-Linux
>>>>
>>>> OSSEC version : 2.8.1
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Please find the local_rules.xml file entries below for the overwrite:
>>>>
>>>> Everything else works , but I need to change the severity of certain rules
>>>> for the meaningful alerts and fine tune the frequency they are executed.
>>>>
>>>> Appreciate your help.
>>>>
>>>
>>> Are all of these rules commented out in the local_rules.xml file as well?
>>> Did you restart the OSSEC processes after making the changes?
>>> Do you have log samples that can be tested with ossec-logtest?
>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> <rule id="100102" level="12" overwrite="yes">
>>>>
>>>>     <if_sid>18104</if_sid>
>>>>
>>>>     <id>^513$|^4609$</id>
>>>>
>>>>     <description>Windows is shutting down.</description>
>>>>
>>>>     <group>system_shutdown,</group>
>>>>
>>>>   </rule>
>>>>
>>>>  -->
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>  <!--
>>>>
>>>> <rule id="100103" level="13" overwrite="yes">
>>>>
>>>>     <if_sid>18103</if_sid>
>>>>
>>>>     <id>^13570$</id>
>>>>
>>>>     <description>Windows file system full.</description>
>>>>
>>>>     <group>low_diskspace,</group>
>>>>
>>>>   </rule>
>>>>
>>>>   -->
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>  <!--
>>>>
>>>> <rule id="100104" level="12" overwrite="yes">
>>>>
>>>> <if_sid>18100,18103</if_sid>
>>>>
>>>> <status>^ERROR</status>
>>>>
>>>> <description>Windows error event.</description>
>>>>
>>>> <group>system_error,</group>
>>>>
>>>> </rule>
>>>>
>>>>  -->
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>  <!--
>>>>
>>>> <rule id="100105" level="12" overwrite="yes">
>>>>
>>>>  <if_sid>18100,18105</if_sid>
>>>>
>>>>     <status>^AUDIT_FAILURE|^failure</status>
>>>>
>>>>     <description>Windows audit failure event.</description>
>>>>
>>>>   </rule>
>>>>
>>>>  -->
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> </group> <!-- SYSLOG,LOCAL -->
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Regards,
>>>>
>>>> Khoshal AR
>>>>
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