osquery-defense-kit/detection/c2/unexpected-dns-traffic.sql

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-- Catch DNS traffic going to machines other than the host-configured DNS server (state-based)
--
-- references:
-- * https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1071/004/ (C2: Application Layer Protocol: DNS)
--
-- tags: transient state net often dns
--
-- NOTE: This only supports IPv4 traffic due to an osquery bug with 'dns_resolvers'
SELECT
s.family,
protocol,
s.local_port,
s.remote_port,
s.local_address,
s.remote_address,
p.name,
p.path,
p.cmdline AS child_cmd,
p.cwd,
s.pid,
p.parent AS parent_pid,
pp.cmdline AS parent_cmd,
hash.sha256,
GROUP_CONCAT(
(
SELECT DISTINCT
address
FROM
dns_resolvers
WHERE
type = 'nameserver'
AND address != ''
),
','
) AS sys_resolvers,
CONCAT (p.name, ',', remote_address, ',', remote_port) AS exception_key
FROM
process_open_sockets s
LEFT JOIN processes p ON s.pid = p.pid
LEFT JOIN processes pp ON p.parent = pp.pid
LEFT JOIN hash ON p.path = hash.path
WHERE
remote_port IN (53, 5353)
AND remote_address NOT LIKE '%:%'
AND s.remote_address NOT LIKE '172.1%'
AND s.remote_address NOT LIKE '172.2%'
AND s.remote_address NOT LIKE '172.30.%'
AND s.remote_address NOT LIKE '172.31.%'
AND s.remote_address NOT LIKE '10.%'
AND s.remote_address NOT LIKE '192.168.%'
AND s.remote_address NOT LIKE '127.%'
AND remote_address NOT IN (
SELECT DISTINCT
address
FROM
dns_resolvers
WHERE
type = 'nameserver'
and address != ''
)
-- systemd-resolve sometimes shows up this way
-- If we could narrow this down using 'sys_resolvers' I would, but it is misuse of GROUP_CONCAT
AND NOT (
s.pid = -1
AND s.remote_port = 53
and s.protocol = 17
and p.parent = ''
)
-- Some applications hard-code a safe DNS resolver, or allow the user to configure one
AND s.remote_address NOT IN (
'1.1.1.1', -- Cloudflare
'1.1.1.2', -- Cloudflare
'8.8.8.8', -- Google
'8.8.4.4', -- Google (backup)
'208.67.222.222', -- OpenDNS
'75.75.75.75', -- Comcast
'68.105.28.13' -- Cox
)
-- Other exceptions
AND exception_key NOT IN (
'coredns,0.0.0.0,53',
'nessusd,50.16.123.71,53',
'Arc Helper,1.0.0.1,53',
'syncthing,46.162.192.181,53'
)
-- Local DNS servers and custom clients go here
AND p.path NOT IN (
'/Applications/Slack.app/Contents/Frameworks/Slack Helper.app/Contents/MacOS/Slack Helper',
'/Applications/Spotify.app/Contents/Frameworks/Spotify Helper.app/Contents/MacOS/Spotify Helper',
'/Applications/Tailscale.app/Contents/PlugIns/IPNExtension.appex/Contents/MacOS/IPNExtension',
'/System/Volumes/Preboot/Cryptexes/Incoming/OS/System/Library/Frameworks/WebKit.framework/Versions/A/XPCServices/com.apple.WebKit.Networking.xpc/Contents/MacOS/com.apple.WebKit.Networking',
'/usr/bin/tailscaled',
'/usr/lib/systemd/systemd-resolved',
'/usr/sbin/mDNSResponder'
)
AND p.path NOT LIKE '/Applications/Google Chrome.app/Contents/Frameworks/Google Chrome Framework.framework/Versions/%/Helpers/Google Chrome Helper.app/Contents/MacOS/Google Chrome Helper'
-- Workaround for the GROUP_CONCAT subselect adding a blank ent
-- Workaround for the GROUP_CONCAT subselect adding a blank ent
GROUP BY
s.remote_address,
s.remote_port
HAVING
remote_address != ''