Linux Reverse Shell via setsid and nohup
Description
Detects the sequence of a network event through a binary that is capable of spawning reverse connections, after which a setsid/nohup process is spawned. Attackers may use these commands to establish persistence on a target system through a reverse shell or to execute commands in the background.
Query · eql
sequence by process.entity_id with maxspan=3s
[network where event.type == "start" and event.action == "connection_attempted" and (
process.name in (
"bash", "dash", "sh", "tcsh", "csh", "zsh", "ksh", "fish", "nc", "ncat", "netcat", "netcat.openbsd",
"netcat.traditional", "nc.openbsd", "nc.traditional"
) or
process.name like ("python*", "php*", "perl", "ruby*", "lua*")
) and not (destination.ip == null or destination.ip == "0.0.0.0" or 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", "192.168.0.0/16", "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", "172.31.0.0/16"
)
)
]
[process where event.type == "start" and event.action == "exec" and process.name in ("setsid", "nohup")]