-- Suspicious parenting of fetch tools (event-based) -- -- refs: -- * https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1016/ (System Network Configuration Discovery) -- -- tags: transient process state often extra events -- platform: darwin -- interval: 600 SELECT -- Child pe.path AS p0_path, REGEX_MATCH (pe.path, '.*/(.*)', 1) AS p0_name, TRIM(pe.cmdline) AS p0_cmd, pe.cwd AS p0_cwd, pe.pid AS p0_pid, pe.time AS p0_time, pe.euid AS p0_euid, s.authority AS p0_authority, -- Parent pe.parent AS p1_pid, TRIM(COALESCE(p1.cmdline, pe1.cmdline)) AS p1_cmd, COALESCE(p1.path, pe1.path) AS p1_path, COALESCE(p_hash1.sha256, pe_hash1.sha256) AS p1_hash, REGEX_MATCH (COALESCE(p1.path, pe1.path), '.*/(.*)', 1) AS p1_name, pe_sig1.authority AS p1_authority, -- Grandparent COALESCE(p1.parent, pe1.parent) AS p2_pid, TRIM( COALESCE(p1_p2.cmdline, pe1_p2.cmdline, pe1_pe2.cmdline) ) AS p2_cmd, COALESCE(p1_p2.path, pe1_p2.path, pe1_pe2.path) AS p2_path, COALESCE( p1_p2_hash.path, pe1_p2_hash.path, pe1_pe2_hash.path ) AS p2_hash, REGEX_MATCH ( COALESCE(p1_p2.path, pe1_p2.path, pe1_pe2.path), '.*/(.*)', 1 ) AS p2_name, COALESCE( p1_p2_sig.authority, pe1_p2_sig.authority, pe1_pe2_sig.authority ) AS p2_authority, -- Exception key REGEX_MATCH (pe.path, '.*/(.*)', 1) || ',' || MIN(pe.euid, 500) || ',' || REGEX_MATCH (COALESCE(p1.path, pe1.path), '.*/(.*)', 1) || ',' || REGEX_MATCH ( COALESCE(p1_p2.path, pe1_p2.path, pe1_pe2.path), '.*/(.*)', 1 ) AS exception_key FROM process_events pe, uptime LEFT JOIN processes p ON pe.pid = p.pid LEFT JOIN signature s ON pe.path = s.path -- Parents (via two paths) LEFT JOIN processes p1 ON pe.parent = p1.pid LEFT JOIN hash p_hash1 ON p1.path = p_hash1.path LEFT JOIN process_events pe1 ON pe.parent = pe1.pid AND pe1.cmdline != '' LEFT JOIN hash pe_hash1 ON pe1.path = pe_hash1.path LEFT JOIN signature pe_sig1 ON pe1.path = pe_sig1.path -- Grandparents (via 3 paths) LEFT JOIN processes p1_p2 ON p1.parent = p1_p2.pid -- Current grandparent via parent processes LEFT JOIN processes pe1_p2 ON pe1.parent = pe1_p2.pid -- Current grandparent via parent events LEFT JOIN process_events pe1_pe2 ON pe1.parent = pe1_p2.pid AND pe1_pe2.cmdline != '' -- Past grandparent via parent events LEFT JOIN hash p1_p2_hash ON p1_p2.path = p1_p2_hash.path LEFT JOIN hash pe1_p2_hash ON pe1_p2.path = pe1_p2_hash.path LEFT JOIN hash pe1_pe2_hash ON pe1_pe2.path = pe1_pe2_hash.path LEFT JOIN signature p1_p2_sig ON p1_p2.path = p1_p2_sig.path LEFT JOIN signature pe1_p2_sig ON pe1_p2.path = pe1_p2_sig.path LEFT JOIN signature pe1_pe2_sig ON pe1_pe2.path = pe1_pe2_sig.path WHERE pe.path IN ( '/sbin/ifconfig', '/usr/sbin/netstat', '/usr/bin/nscurl', '/sbin/pfctl', '/usr/libexec/ApplicationFirewall/socketfilterfw' ) AND uptime.total_seconds > 30 AND pe.time > (strftime('%s', 'now') -600) AND pe.cmdline != '' AND pe.cmdline IS NOT NULL AND pe.status == 0 AND NOT ( pe.euid > 500 AND p1_name IN ('sh', 'fish', 'zsh', 'bash', 'dash') AND p2_name IN ( 'kitty', 'login', 'tmux', 'ShellLauncher', 'sudo', 'tmux:server', 'zsh' ) ) AND NOT exception_key IN ( 'ifconfig,0,cloud-provider-kind,sudo', 'ifconfig,0,pia-daemon,launchd', 'ifconfig,0,pia-openvpn,pia-daemon', 'ifconfig,500,dotnet,dotnet', 'ifconfig,500,dotnet,zsh', 'ifconfig,500,Python,Code Helper (Plugin)', 'ifconfig,500,zsh,stable', 'netstat,0,io.tailscale.ipn.macsys.network-extension,launchd', 'netstat,0,metricbeat,elastic-agent', 'netstat,0,pia-daemon,launchd', 'netstat,500,AccountSubscriber,launchd', 'netstat,500,coresymbolicationd,launchd', 'netstat,500,IPNExtension,launchd', 'pfctl,0,bash,pia-daemon', 'pfctl,0,pia-daemon,launchd', 'socketfilterfw,0,launcher,launchd' ) AND p1_cmd NOT IN ('/bin/sh /etc/periodic/daily/420.status-network') AND p1_authority != 'Software Signing' GROUP BY pe.pid