-- Unexpected programs accessing sensitive data stores (state-based) -- -- This query is unfortunately of limited use, as the query is slow (250ms) -- and it requires catching a program at the exact moment it has -- the file open. An event-based version is advised. -- -- references: -- * https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1555/ (Credentials from Password Stores) -- -- tags: transient often state file access SELECT pof.pid, pof.fd, pof.path, f.uid AS file_uid, p.cwd AS cwd, p.euid, p.uid AS process_uid, p.name AS program_name, p.cmdline AS cmdline, pp.name AS parent_name, pp.cwd AS parent_cwd, pp.path AS parent_path, pf.filename AS program_base, hash.sha256, REPLACE(f.directory, u.directory, '~') AS dir, CONCAT ( pf.filename, ',', p.name, ',', IIF( REGEX_MATCH ( REPLACE(f.directory, u.directory, '~'), '([/~].*?/.*?/.*?)/', 1 ) != '', REGEX_MATCH ( REPLACE(f.directory, u.directory, '~'), '([/~].*?/.*?/.*?)/', 1 ), REPLACE(f.directory, u.directory, '~') ) ) AS exception_key FROM -- Starting with processes is just slightly faster than starting with pof processes p LEFT JOIN process_open_files pof ON p.pid = pof.pid LEFT JOIN processes pp ON p.parent = pp.pid LEFT JOIN file f ON pof.path = f.path LEFT JOIN file pf ON p.path = pf.path LEFT JOIN users u ON p.uid = u.uid LEFT JOIN hash ON p.path = hash.path LEFT JOIN hash hp ON pp.path = hp.path WHERE -- minor optimization: filtering out low parents saves us another 5% of runtime p.parent > 2 -- Large files are probably not secrets AND pf.filename != '' AND f.size < 1000000 AND ( pof.path IN ('/var/run/docker.sock') OR pof.path LIKE '/home/%/.ssh/%' OR pof.path LIKE '/home/%/.mozilla/firefox/%' OR pof.path LIKE '/home/%/.config/google-chrome/%' OR pof.path LIKE '/root/.ssh/%' OR pof.path LIKE '/root/.bash_history' OR pof.path LIKE '/home/%/.config/gcloud/%' OR pof.path LIKE '/home/%/.config/Slack/%' OR pof.path LIKE '/home/%/.bash_history' OR pof.path LIKE '/home/%/.cache/mozilla/firefox%' OR pof.path LIKE '/home/%/.config/mozilla/firefox%' OR pof.path LIKE '/home/%/.aws%' ) AND NOT ( file_uid == process_uid AND exception_key IN ( 'aws,aws,~/.aws', 'chrome,chrome,~/.config/google-chrome', 'chrome_crashpad_handler,chrome_crashpad,', 'chrome_crashpad_handler,chrome_crashpad,~/.config/google-chrome', 'firefox,file:// Content,~/.cache/mozilla', 'firefox,file:// Content,~/.mozilla/firefox', 'firefox,file:// Content,~/snap/firefox', 'firefox,firefox,~/.cache/mozilla', 'firefox,firefox,~/.mozilla/firefox', 'firefox,firefox,~/snap/firefox', 'firefox,.firefox-wrappe,~/.cache/mozilla', 'firefox,.firefox-wrappe,~/.mozilla/firefox', 'firefox,Isolated Servic,~/.cache/mozilla', 'firefox,Isolated Servic,~/.mozilla/firefox', 'firefox,Isolated Servic,~/snap/firefox', 'firefox,Isolated Web Co,~/.cache/mozilla', 'firefox,Isolated Web Co,~/.mozilla/firefox', 'firefox,Isolated Web Co,~/snap/firefox', 'firefox,Privileged Cont,~/.cache/mozilla', 'firefox,Privileged Cont,~/.mozilla/firefox', 'firefox,Privileged Cont,~/snap/firefox', 'firefox,Web Content,~/.cache/mozilla', 'firefox,Web Content,~/.mozilla/firefox', 'firefox,Web Content,~/snap/firefox', 'firefox,WebExtensions,~/.cache/mozilla', 'firefox,WebExtensions,~/.mozilla/firefox', 'firefox,WebExtensions,~/snap/firefox', 'plugin-container,MainThread,~/.mozilla/firefox', 'plugin-container,MainThread,~/snap/firefox', 'python3.10,python3,~/.config/gcloud', 'python3.11,python3,~/.config/gcloud', 'python3.12,python3,~/.config/gcloud', 'python3,python3,~/.config/gcloud', 'slack,slack,~/.config/Slack', 'slack,slack,~/snap/slack', 'soffice.bin,soffice.bin,~/.mozilla/firefox', 'vim,vim,~/.aws' ) ) GROUP BY pof.pid, pof.path