-- A program where the parent PID is not on disk -- -- Reveals boopkit if a child is spawned -- TODO: Make mount namespace aware -- -- false positives: -- * none observed -- -- references: -- * https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1070/004/ (Indicator Removal on Host: File Deletion) -- -- false positives: -- * none observed -- -- tags: persistent daemon SELECT s.authority AS p0_auth, s.identifier AS p0_id, DATETIME(f.ctime, 'unixepoch') AS p0_changed, DATETIME(f.mtime, 'unixepoch') AS p0_modified, -- 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.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_f.mode AS p1_mode, 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 signature s ON p0.path = s.path LEFT JOIN hash p0_hash ON p0.path = p0_hash.path LEFT JOIN processes p1 ON p0.parent = p1.pid LEFT JOIN file p1_f ON p1.path = p1_f.path 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.pid IN ( SELECT p.pid FROM processes p -- NOTE: This is an expensive join on macOS JOIN processes pp ON p.parent = pp.pid WHERE p.parent NOT IN (0, 1, 2) AND p.path != "" -- macOS Optimization AND p.path NOT LIKE '/System/%' AND p.path NOT LIKE '/usr/libexec/%' AND p.path NOT LIKE '/usr/bin/%' AND p.path NOT LIKE '/sbin/%' -- Exceptions AND pp.path NOT LIKE '/opt/homebrew/Cellar/%' AND pp.path NOT LIKE '%google-cloud-sdk/.install/.backup%' AND pp.path NOT LIKE '/private/var/folders/%/T/PKInstallSandboxTrash/%.sandboxTrash/%' AND pp.path NOT IN ( "", "/sbin/launchd", "/Applications/Visual Studio Code.app/Contents/Frameworks/Code Helper (Plugin).app/Contents/MacOS/Code Helper (Plugin)" ) AND pp.on_disk != 1 );