Splunk® Common Information Model Add-on

Common Information Model Add-on Manual

Malware

The fields in the Malware data model describe malware detection and endpoint protection management activity. The Malware data model is often used for endpoint antivirus product related events.

Note: A dataset is a component of a data model. In versions of the Splunk platform prior to version 6.5.0, these were referred to as data model objects.

Tags used with Malware event and search datasets

The following tags act as constraints to identify your events as being relevant to this data model. For more information, see How to use these reference tables.

Dataset name Tag name
Malware_Attacks malware
attack
Malware_Operations malware
operations


Fields for the Malware_Attacks event datasets and Malware_Operations search dataset

Malware_Attacks is mainly for searching against and creating alerts for potential malware infections in your environment. Malware_Operations is mainly for monitoring the health and operational status of your anti-virus or anti-malware solution.

The following table lists the extracted and calculated fields for the event dataset and search dataset in the model. The table does not include any inherited fields. For more information, see How to use these reference tables.

The key for using the column titled "Notes" or "Abbreviated list of example values" is as follows:

  • Recommended: Add-on developers make their best effort attempts to map these event fields. If these fields are not populated, then the event is not very useful.
  • Required: Add-on developers must map these event fields when using the pytest-splunk-addon to test for CIM compatibility. See pytest-splunk-addon documentation.
  • Prescribed values: Permitted values that can populate the fields, which Splunk is using for a particular purpose. Other valid values exist, but Splunk is not relying on them.
  • Other values: Other example values that you might see.
Dataset name Field name Data type Description Notes
Malware_Attacks action string The action taken by the reporting device.
  • recommended
  • required for pytest-splunk-addon
  • prescribed values:
    allowed, blocked, deferred
Malware_Attacks category string The category of the malware event, such as keylogger or ad-supported program.

Note: This is a string value. Use a category_id field for category ID fields that are integer data types (category_id fields are optional, so they are not included in this table).
  • recommended
  • required for pytest-splunk-addon
Malware_Attacks date string The time of the malware action such as when it was blocked, allowed or deferred, as it was reported by log event. recommended
Malware_Attacks dest string The system that was affected by the malware event. You can alias this from more specific fields, such as dest_host, dest_ip, or dest_name.
  • recommended
  • required for pytest-splunk-addon
Malware_Attacks dest_bunit string These fields are automatically provided by asset and identity correlation features of applications like Splunk Enterprise Security. Do not define extractions for these fields when writing add-ons.
Malware_Attacks dest_category string
Malware_Attacks dest_priority string These fields are automatically provided by asset and identity correlation features of applications like Splunk Enterprise Security. Do not define extractions for these fields when writing add-ons.
Malware_Attacks dest_requires_av boolean
Malware_Attacks file_hash string The hash of the file with suspected malware.
Malware_Attacks file_name string The name of the file with suspected malware. required for pytest-splunk-addon
Malware_Attacks file_path string The full file path of the file with suspected malware. required for pytest-splunk-addon
Malware_Attacks severity string The severity of the network protection event. Note: This field is a string. Use severity_id for severity ID fields that are integer data types. Also, specific values are required for this field. Use vendor_severity for the vendor's own human readable severity strings, such as Good, Bad, and Really Bad.
  • recommended
  • prescribed values:
    critical, high, medium, low, informational,
Malware_Attacks severity_id string The numeric or vendor specific severity indicator corresponding to the event severity.
Malware_Attacks signature string The name of the malware infection detected on the client (the dest).

Note: This is a string value. Use a signature_id field for signature ID fields that are integer data types.
  • recommended
  • required for pytest-splunk-addon
  • other:
    such as Trojan.Vundo, Spyware.Gaobot, W32.Nimbda
Malware_Attacks signature_id string The unique identifier or event code of the event signature.
Malware_Attacks src string The source of the event, such as a DAT file relay server. You can alias this from more specific fields, such as src_host, src_ip, or src_name.
Malware_Attacks src_bunit string The business unit of the source.

This field is automatically provided by asset and identity correlation features of applications like Splunk Enterprise Security. Do not define extractions for this field when writing add-ons.
Malware_Attacks src_category string The category of the source.

This field is automatically provided by asset and identity correlation features of applications like Splunk Enterprise Security. Do not define extractions for this field when writing add-ons.
Malware_Attacks src_priority string The priority of the source.

This field is automatically provided by asset and identity correlation features of applications like Splunk Enterprise Security. Do not define extractions for this field when writing add-ons.
Malware_Attacks src_user string The reported sender of an email-based attack.
Malware_Attacks tag string This automatically generated field is used to access tags from within datamodels. Do not define extractions for this field when writing add-ons.
Malware_Attacks user string The user involved in the malware event. recommended
Malware_Attacks user_bunit string These fields are automatically provided by asset and identity correlation features of applications like Splunk Enterprise Security. Do not define extractions for these fields when writing add-ons.
Malware_Attacks user_category string
Malware_Attacks user_priority string
Malware_Attacks url string A URL containing more information about the malware.
Malware_Attacks vendor_product string The vendor and product name of the endpoint protection system, such as Symantec AntiVirus. This field can be automatically populated by vendor and product fields in your data. recommended
Malware_Operations dest string The system where the malware operations event occurred.
  • recommended
  • required for pytest-splunk-addon
Malware_Operations dest_bunit string These fields are automatically provided by asset and identity correlation features of applications like Splunk Enterprise Security. Do not define extractions for these fields when writing add-ons.
Malware_Operations dest_category string
Malware_Attacks
Malware_Operations
dest_nt_domain string The NT domain of the dest system, if applicable. recommended
Malware_Operations dest_priority string This field is automatically provided by asset and identity correlation features of applications like Splunk Enterprise Security. Do not define extractions for this field when writing add-ons.
Malware_Operations dest_requires_av boolean This field is automatically provided by asset and identity correlation features of applications like Splunk Enterprise Security. Do not define extractions for this field when writing add-ons.
Malware_Operations product_version string The product version of the malware operations product. recommended
Malware_Operations signature_version string The version of the malware signature bundle in a signature update operations event.
  • recommended
  • required for pytest-splunk-addon
Malware_Operations tag string The tag associated with the malware operations event.
Malware_Operations vendor_product string The vendor product name of the malware operations product.
  • recommended
  • required for pytest-splunk-addon
Last modified on 06 November, 2023
Java Virtual Machines (JVM)   Network Resolution (DNS)

This documentation applies to the following versions of Splunk® Common Information Model Add-on: 5.0.1, 5.0.2, 5.1.0, 5.1.1, 5.1.2, 5.2.0, 5.3.1, 5.3.2, 6.0.0


Was this topic useful?







You must be logged into splunk.com in order to post comments. Log in now.

Please try to keep this discussion focused on the content covered in this documentation topic. If you have a more general question about Splunk functionality or are experiencing a difficulty with Splunk, consider posting a question to Splunkbase Answers.

0 out of 1000 Characters