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Description

This analytic is to look for possible execution of SysReq hack to enable all functions of kernel system requests of the Linux system host. This technique was seen in AwfulShred malware wiper to reboot the compromised host by using the linux magic sysreq key. This kernel configuration can be triggered by piping out bitmask '1' to /proc/sys/kernel/sysrq. This TTP detection can be a good indicator of possible suspicious processes running on the Linux host since this command is not so common shell commandline.

  • Type: Anomaly
  • Product: Splunk Enterprise, Splunk Enterprise Security, Splunk Cloud
  • Datamodel: Endpoint
  • Last Updated: 2023-04-14
  • Author: Teoderick Contreras, Splunk
  • ID: e7a96937-3b58-4962-8dce-538e4763cf15

Annotations

ATT&CK

ATT&CK

ID Technique Tactic
T1059.004 Unix Shell Execution
T1059 Command and Scripting Interpreter Execution
Kill Chain Phase
  • Installation
NIST
  • DE.AE
CIS20
  • CIS 10
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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 IN ("dash", "sudo", "bash")  Processes.process =  "* echo 1 > *" Processes.process = "*/proc/sys/kernel/sysrq" by Processes.dest Processes.user Processes.parent_process_name Processes.process_name Processes.process Processes.process_id Processes.parent_process_id Processes.process_guid 
| `drop_dm_object_name(Processes)` 
| `security_content_ctime(firstTime)` 
| `linux_unix_shell_enable_all_sysrq_functions_filter`

Macros

The SPL above uses the following Macros:

:information_source: linux_unix_shell_enable_all_sysrq_functions_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_path
  • Processes.process
  • Processes.process_id
  • Processes.parent_process_id

How To Implement

The detection is based on data that originates from Endpoint Detection and Response (EDR) agents. These agents are designed to provide security-related telemetry from the endpoints where the agent is installed. To implement this search, you must ingest logs that contain the process GUID, process name, and parent process. Additionally, you must ingest complete command-line executions. These logs must be processed using the appropriate Splunk Technology Add-ons that are specific to the EDR product. The logs must also be mapped to the Processes node of the Endpoint data model. Use the Splunk Common Information Model (CIM) to normalize the field names and speed up the data modeling process.

Known False Positives

unknown

Associated Analytic Story

RBA

Risk Score Impact Confidence Message
36.0 60 60 a $process_name$ execute sysrq command $process$ to enable all function of system request in $dest$

:information_source: 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

Test Dataset

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