-- Find processes that run with a lower effective UID than their parent (state-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-events.sql -- -- tags: transient rapid state process escalation -- platform: linux 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, phash.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 = pfile.path LEFT JOIN hash AS phash ON pp.path = phash.path WHERE p.euid < p.uid AND p.path NOT IN ( '/bin/ps', '/usr/bin/doas', '/usr/bin/fusermount', '/usr/bin/fusermount3', '/usr/bin/login', '/usr/bin/su', '/usr/bin/sudo', '/usr/bin/top' ) AND p.path NOT LIKE '/nix/store/%/bin/sudo' AND p.path NOT LIKE '/nix/store/%/bin/dhcpcd' AND p.path NOT LIKE '/snap/snapd/%/usr/lib/snapd/snap-confine' 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' ) AND NOT ( p.path = '/usr/bin/pkexec' AND parent_path = '/usr/bin/update-notifier' ) AND NOT ( p.path = '/usr/libexec/xdg-permission-store' AND parent_path = '/usr/lib/systemd/systemd' )