-- Find programs which spawn root children without propagating environment variables -- -- references: -- * https://www.sandflysecurity.com/blog/bpfdoor-an-evasive-linux-backdoor-technical-analysis/ -- -- tags: persistent state daemon process -- interval: 600 -- platform: linux SELECT COUNT(key) AS count, p.pid, p.path, p.name, p.on_disk, p.cgroup_path, hash.sha256, p.parent, p.cmdline, p.cwd, pp.name AS parent_name, pp.cmdline AS parent_cmd -- Processes is 20X faster to scan than process_envs FROM processes p LEFT JOIN hash ON p.path = hash.path LEFT JOIN process_envs pe ON p.pid = pe.pid LEFT JOIN processes pp ON p.parent = pp.pid WHERE p.euid = 0 -- This time should match the interval AND p.start_time > (strftime('%s', 'now') - 601) -- Filter out transient processes that may not have an envs entry by the time we poll for it AND p.start_time < (strftime('%s', 'now') - 1) AND p.parent NOT IN (0, 2) AND NOT p.path IS NULL AND p.name NOT IN ( '1Password-Keyri', 'applydeltarpm', 'bwrap', 'crond', 'cupsd', 'dhcpcd', 'dnf', 'fprintd', 'gdm-session-wor', 'gdm-x-session', 'gpg-agent', 'Xorg', 'modprobe', 'nginx', 'osqueryi', 'realmd', 'sedispatch', 'ssh', 'sshd', 'sudo', 'systemd', 'systemd-udevd', 'systemd-userdbd', 'systemd-userwor', 'zfs', 'zypak-sandbox' ) AND NOT pp.name IN ( 'systemd-userdbd', 'crond', 'systemd', '(udev-worker)' ) AND NOT ( p.name LIKE 'systemd-%' AND p.parent = 1 ) AND NOT p.cgroup_path IN ('/system.slice/cronie.service') AND NOT pp.cmdline LIKE 'bwrap %' AND NOT p.cmdline LIKE '%--type=zygote%' AND NOT p.cmdline LIKE '%--disable-seccomp-filter-sandbox%' AND NOT p.cgroup_path LIKE '/system.slice/docker-%' AND NOT ( p.name = 'sh' AND p.cgroup_path = '/system.slice/znapzend.service' ) GROUP BY p.pid HAVING count == 0;