-- Catch applications running from unusual directories, such as /tmp (event-based) -- -- references: -- * https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1074/ -- -- false positives: -- * programs running in alternative namespaces (Docker) -- -- interval: 300 -- platform: linux -- tags: process events 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.time AS p0_time, 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 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') -300) AND ( INSTR(path, "/bin") != 1 AND INSTR(path, "/sbin/") != 1 AND INSTR(path, "/usr/bin/") != 1 AND INSTR(path, "/usr/lib/") != 1 AND INSTR(path, "/usr/lib64/") != 1 AND INSTR(path, "/usr/libexec") != 1 AND INSTR(path, "/usr/sbin/") != 1 AND INSTR(path, "/home/") != 1 AND INSTR(path, "/nix/") != 1 AND INSTR(path, "/opt/") != 1 AND INSTR(path, "/snap/") != 1 AND INSTR(path, "/var/lib/snapd/") != 1 AND INSTR(path, "/usr/share/spotify") != 1 AND INSTR(path, "/usr/share/code/") != 1 AND INSTR(path, "/usr/local/") != 1 AND INSTR(path, "/tmp/go-build") != 1 AND INSTR(path, "/app/") != 1 AND INSTR(path, "/ko-app") != 1 AND INSTR(path, "/usr/share/teams/") != 1 AND INSTR(path, "/.terraform/") > 0 ) AND syscall = "execve" -- REGEX_MATCH performed terribly. INSTR and LIKE are very very close. GROUP BY path ) AND pe.time > (strftime('%s', 'now') -300) AND pe.syscall = "execve" AND p.cgroup_path NOT LIKE '/system.slice/docker-%' AND p.cgroup_path NOT LIKE '/user.slice/user-1000.slice/user@1000.service/user.slice/nerdctl-%' AND p1.cgroup_path NOT LIKE '/system.slice/docker-%' AND p1.cgroup_path NOT LIKE '/user.slice/user-1000.slice/user@1000.service/user.slice/nerdctl-%' GROUP BY pe.pid