-- Find processes that run with a lower effective UID than their parent (event-based) -- -- references: -- * https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1548/001/ (Setuid and Setgid) -- * https://cybersecurity.att.com/blogs/labs-research/shikitega-new-stealthy-malware-targeting-linux -- -- related: -- * unexpected-privilege-escalation.sql -- -- False positives: -- * On some hosts this ocassionally gets the parenting relationship confused -- -- tags: events process escalation disabled -- platform: linux -- interval: 600 SELECT file.mode AS p0_binary_mode, -- Child pe.path AS p0_path, pe.time AS p0_time, REGEX_MATCH (pe.path, '.*/(.*)', 1) AS p0_name, TRIM(pe.cmdline) AS p0_cmd, pe.cwd AS p0_cwd, pe.uid AS p0_uid, pe.euid AS p0_euid, pe.pid AS p0_pid, p.cgroup_path AS p0_cgroup, -- Parent pe.parent AS p1_pid, p1.cgroup_path AS p1_cgroup, TRIM(COALESCE(p1.cmdline, pe1.cmdline)) AS p1_cmd, COALESCE(p1.path, pe1.path) AS p1_path, COALESCE(p1.euid, pe1.euid) AS p1_euid, COALESCE(p_hash1.sha256, pe_hash1.sha256) AS p1_hash, REGEX_MATCH (COALESCE(p1.path, pe1.path), '.*/(.*)', 1) AS p1_name, -- Grandparent COALESCE(p1.parent, pe1.parent) AS p2_pid, COALESCE(p1_p2.cgroup_path, pe1_p2.cgroup_path) AS p2_cgroup, 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 FROM process_events pe LEFT JOIN file ON pe.path = file.path LEFT JOIN processes p ON pe.pid = pe.pid -- 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 -- 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 WHERE pe.pid IN ( SELECT pid FROM process_events WHERE time > (strftime('%s', 'now') -600) AND syscall = "execve" AND euid < 500 AND ( uid = 0 OR euid < uid ) ) AND pe.time > (strftime('%s', 'now') -600) AND pe.syscall = "execve" AND pe.euid < 500 AND ( pe.euid < pe.uid OR pe.euid < p1_euid OR pe.euid < pe1.euid ) AND pe.path NOT IN ( '/bin/ps', '/opt/1Password/1Password-KeyringHelper', '/usr/bin/doas', '/usr/bin/su', '/usr/bin/fusermount', '/usr/bin/fusermount3', '/usr/bin/gpg', '/usr/bin/gpgconf', '/usr/bin/gpgsm', '/usr/bin/i3lock', '/usr/bin/login', '/usr/bin/nvidia-modprobe', '/usr/bin/sudo', '/usr/bin/top', '/usr/bin/unix_chkpwd', '/usr/lib/slack/chrome-sandbox', '/usr/lib/snapd/snap-confine', '/usr/lib/snapd/snap-update-ns', '/usr/lib/systemd/systemd', '/usr/lib/Xorg.wrap', '/usr/lib/xorg/Xorg.wrap' ) AND pe.path NOT LIKE '/nix/store/%/bin/sudo' AND pe.path NOT LIKE '/nix/store/%/bin/dhcpcd' AND pe.path NOT LIKE '/snap/snapd/%/usr/lib/snapd/snap-confine' AND pe.path NOT LIKE '/snap/snapd/%/usr/lib/snapd/snap-update-ns' AND NOT p1_cmd IN ( '/usr/lib/systemd/systemd --user', '/bin/sh -c /usr/bin/pkexec /usr/share/apport/apport-gtk' ) AND NOT p0_cmd = '/usr/bin/pkexec /usr/lib/update-notifier/package-system-locked' AND NOT ( p0_name = 'polkit-agent-helper-1' AND p1_path IN ( '/usr/bin/gnome-shell', '/usr/lib/gvfsd', '/usr/lib/polkit-gnome/polkit-gnome-authentication-agent-1' ) ) AND NOT ( p0_name = 'fusermount3' AND p1_path = '/usr/lib/xdg-document-portal' ) AND NOT ( p0_name IN ('dash', 'pkexec') AND p1_path = '/usr/bin/update-notifier' ) -- A bizarro persistent false-positive from an Arch linux host AND NOT ( p.cgroup_path = "/init.scope" AND p1.cgroup_path != "/init.scope" ) AND NOT p.cgroup_path LIKE '/system.slice/docker-%' AND NOT p1.cgroup_path LIKE '/system.slice/docker-%' GROUP BY pe.pid