-- Find processes that run with a lower effective UID than their parent -- -- Example Malware Threats detected: -- * Shikitega -- Related: -- * unexpected-privilege-escalation-events.sql SELECT p.pid AS child_pid, p.path AS child_path, p.name AS child_name, p.cmdline AS child_cmdline, p.euid AS child_euid, p.state AS child_state, file.mode AS child_mode, hash.sha256 AS child_hash, p.parent AS parent_pid, pp.path AS parent_path, pp.name AS parent_name, pp.cmdline AS parent_cmdline, pp.euid AS parent_euid, pfile.mode AS parent_mode, hash.sha256 AS parent_hash FROM processes p JOIN processes pp ON p.parent = pp.pid LEFT JOIN file ON p.path = file.path LEFT JOIN hash ON p.path = hash.path LEFT JOIN file AS pfile ON pp.path = file.path LEFT JOIN hash AS phash ON pp.path = hash.path WHERE p.euid < pp.euid AND p.path NOT IN ( '/usr/bin/fusermount', '/usr/bin/fusermount3', '/usr/bin/login', '/usr/bin/sudo', '/usr/bin/doas', '/bin/ps', '/usr/bin/top' ) AND p.path NOT LIKE "/nix/store/%/bin/sudo" AND p.path NOT LIKE "/nix/store/%/bin/dhcpcd" AND NOT ( p.name = 'polkit-agent-he' AND parent_path = '/usr/bin/gnome-shell' ) AND NOT ( p.name = 'fusermount3' AND parent_path = '/usr/lib/xdg-document-portal' )