JAVA Application with Unusual File Extension
Description
Identifies the execution of a Java JAR application with an unusual file extension. Malicious files may masquerade as non executable file extensions to evade defenses.
Query · eql
sequence by process.entity_id with maxspan=5s
[process where event.action == "start" and
(process.name : "javaw.exe" or process.pe.original_file_name == "javaw.exe") and not process.command_line : "*.jar*" and
(
(process.args_count == 3 and process.args : "-jar") or
(process.args_count == 4 and process.args : ("-cp", "-classpath") and process.command_line : " *.* ")
) and
not process.executable : ("?:\\Program Files\\7edit.com\\7Edit *\\bin\\javaw.exe",
"?:\\Program Files\\Angry IP Scanner\\jre\\bin\\javaw.exe",
"?:\\Program Files\\Eclipse Adoptium\\jdk-*-hotspot\\bin\\javaw.exe",
"C:\\Program Files\\Java\\jdk-11\\bin\\javaw.exe",
"C:\\Program Files\\Zulu\\zulu-8\\bin\\javaw.exe",
"C:\\Program Files\\AdoptOpenJDK\\jre*-hotspot\\bin\\javaw.exe") and
not process.parent.executable :
("?:\\Program Files (x86)\\AssoSoftware\\AssoInvoice\\AssoInvoice.exe",
"C:\\Program Files (x86)\\ImprimeTickets\\ImprimeTickets.exe") and
not (process.code_signature.subject_name : ("BELLSOFT", "Eclipse.org Foundation, Inc.", "Insurity LLC") and process.code_signature.trusted == true) and
not process.command_line : "\"C:\\Program Files\\Java\\jre1.8.0_51\\bin\\javaw.exe\" -jar \"C:\\Users\\*\\AppData\\Roaming\\.minecraft\\TLauncher.exe\""
]
[network where event.action in ("connection_accepted", "connection_attempted") and
not cidrmatch(destination.ip, "10.0.0.0/8", "127.0.0.0/8", "169.254.0.0/16", "172.16.0.0/12", "192.0.0.0/24",
"192.0.0.0/29", "192.0.0.8/32", "192.0.0.9/32", "192.0.0.10/32", "192.0.0.170/32", "192.0.0.171/32",
"192.0.2.0/24", "192.31.196.0/24", "192.52.193.0/24", "192.88.99.0/24", "224.0.0.0/4",
"100.64.0.0/10", "192.175.48.0/24","198.18.0.0/15", "198.51.100.0/24", "203.0.113.0/24", "240.0.0.0/4", "::1",
"FE80::/10", "FF00::/8")]