Wget Download and Bash Execution
Description
The following analytic identifies the use of wget on Linux or MacOS attempting to download a file from a remote source and pipe it to bash. This is typically found with coinminers and most recently with CVE-2021-44228, a vulnerability in Log4j.
- Type: TTP
- Product: Splunk Enterprise, Splunk Enterprise Security, Splunk Cloud
- Datamodel: Endpoint
- Last Updated: 2021-12-11
- Author: Michael Haag, Splunk
- ID: 35682718-5a85-11ec-b8f7-acde48001122
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- Exploitation
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| tstats `security_content_summariesonly` count min(_time) as firstTime max(_time) as lastTime from datamodel=Endpoint.Processes where Processes.process_name=wget (Processes.process="*-q *" OR Processes.process="*--quiet*" AND Processes.process="*-O- *") OR (Processes.process="*
|*" AND Processes.process="*bash*") by Processes.dest Processes.user Processes.parent_process_name Processes.process_name Processes.process Processes.process_id Processes.parent_process_id
| `drop_dm_object_name(Processes)`
| `security_content_ctime(firstTime)`
| `security_content_ctime(lastTime)`
| `wget_download_and_bash_execution_filter`
Macros
The SPL above uses the following Macros:
wget_download_and_bash_execution_filter is a empty macro by default. It allows the user to filter out any results (false positives) without editing the SPL.
Required fields
List of fields required to use this analytic.
- _time
- Processes.dest
- Processes.user
- Processes.parent_process_name
- Processes.parent_process
- Processes.process_name
- Processes.process
- Processes.process_id
- Processes.parent_process_path
- Processes.process_path
- Processes.parent_process_id
How To Implement
To successfully implement this search, you need to be ingesting logs with the process name, parent process, and command-line executions from your endpoints. If you are using Sysmon for Linux, you will need to ensure mapping is occurring correctly. If the EDR is not parsing the pipe bash in the command-line, modifying the analytic will be required. Add parent process name (Processes.parent_process_name) as needed to filter.
Known False Positives
False positives should be limited, however filtering may be required.
Associated Analytic Story
RBA
Risk Score | Impact | Confidence | Message |
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80.0 | 80 | 100 | An instance of $process_name$ was identified on endpoint $dest$ attempting to download a remote file and run it with bash. |
The Risk Score is calculated by the following formula: Risk Score = (Impact * Confidence/100). Initial Confidence and Impact is set by the analytic author.
Reference
- https://www.huntress.com/blog/rapid-response-critical-rce-vulnerability-is-affecting-java
- https://www.lunasec.io/docs/blog/log4j-zero-day/
- https://gist.github.com/nathanqthai/01808c569903f41a52e7e7b575caa890
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