-- Processes that have an unrelated name in the process tree than the program on disk. -- -- false positives: -- * new software, particularly those using interpreted languages -- -- references: -- * https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1036/004/ (Masquerade Task or Service) -- -- tags: persistent process SELECT SUBSTR( COALESCE( -- TODO: Fix to not require filename! REGEX_MATCH (f.filename, '(.*?)\W', 1), f.filename ), 0, 6 ) AS short_filename, COALESCE(REGEX_MATCH (p0.path, '.*/(.*)', 1), p0.path) AS basename, COALESCE( REGEX_MATCH (p0.path, '.*/([a-zA-Z]+)', 1), p0.path ) AS base_letters, CONCAT ( MIN(p0.euid, 500), ',', COALESCE(REGEX_MATCH (p0.path, '.*/(.*)', 1), p0.path), ',', p0.name ) AS exception_key, -- Child p0.pid AS p0_pid, p0.path AS p0_path, p0.name AS p0_name, p0.cmdline AS p0_cmd, p0.cwd AS p0_cwd, p0.cgroup_path AS p0_cgroup, p0.euid AS p0_euid, p0_hash.sha256 AS p0_sha256, -- Parent p0.parent AS p1_pid, p1.path AS p1_path, p1.name AS p1_name, p1.euid AS p1_euid, p1.cmdline AS p1_cmd, p1_hash.sha256 AS p1_sha256, -- Grandparent p1.parent AS p2_pid, p2.name AS p2_name, p2.path AS p2_path, p2.cmdline AS p2_cmd, p2_hash.sha256 AS p2_sha256 FROM processes p0 LEFT JOIN file f ON p0.path = f.path LEFT JOIN hash p0_hash ON p0.path = p0_hash.path LEFT JOIN processes p1 ON p0.parent = p1.pid LEFT JOIN hash p1_hash ON p1.path = p1_hash.path LEFT JOIN processes p2 ON p1.parent = p2.pid LEFT JOIN hash p2_hash ON p2.path = p2_hash.path WHERE p0.path != '' AND NOT p0.name == basename AND NOT ( LENGTH(basename) > 1 AND basename == short_filename ) AND NOT ( LENGTH(p0.name) > 2 AND INSTR(LOWER(basename), LOWER(p0.name)) > 0 ) AND NOT ( LENGTH(short_filename) > 2 AND INSTR(LOWER(p0.name), LOWER(short_filename)) > 0 ) -- Extremely common and unpredictable process name setters AND NOT base_letters IN ( 'bash', 'dash', 'electron', 'firefox', 'node', 'perl', 'python', 'ruby', 'thunderbird' ) AND NOT exception_key IN ( '0,udevadm,systemd-udevd', '0,udevadm,(udev-worker)', '500,netcat,nc', '120,systemd,(sd-pam)', '500,busybox,sh', '125,systemd,(sd-pam)', '127,systemd,(sd-pam)', '42,systemd,(sd-pam)', '500,coreutils,tail', '500,gjs-console,gnome-character', '500,plugin-container,MainThread', '500,pyrogenesis,main', '500,rootlesskit,exe', '500,rootlessport,exe', '500,systemd,(sd-pam)', '500,udevadm,systemd-udevd', '500,vim.basic,vi' ) AND NOT p0.path IN ('/usr/lib/systemd/systemd') AND NOT p0_cgroup LIKE '/system.slice/docker-%' GROUP by exception_key