Command Interpreter with IP Address Argument
Description
This rule detects suspicious command interpreters that are executed with an IP address as an argument. This activity may indicate the use of a command interpreter to download additional payloads or tools from a remote server.
Query · eql
sequence by process.entity_id with maxspan=5s
[process where event.type == "start" and event.action == "exec" and process.parent.executable like (
"/bin/python*", "/usr/bin/python*", "/usr/local/bin/python*",
"/bin/perl*", "/usr/bin/perl*", "/usr/local/bin/perl*",
"/bin/ruby*", "/usr/bin/ruby*", "/usr/local/bin/ruby*",
"/bin/php*", "/usr/bin/php*", "/usr/local/bin/php*",
"/bin/lua*", "/usr/bin/lua*", "/usr/local/bin/lua*",
"/bin/node", "/usr/bin/node", "/usr/local/bin/node"
) and
process.name in ("bash", "dash", "sh", "tcsh", "csh", "zsh", "ksh", "fish") and process.args == "-c" and
process.command_line like~ ("*curl*http*", "*wget*http*") and
process.command_line regex ".*[0-9]{1,3}\\.[0-9]{1,3}\\.[0-9]{1,3}\\.[0-9]{1,3}.*" and
not process.command_line like~ ("*localhost*", "*127.0.0.1*")]
[network where event.type == "start" and event.action == "connection_attempted" and process.name in ("curl", "wget") 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"
)
)]