World Writeable Directory File Creation and Outbound Connection
Description
This rule detects the creation of a file in a world-writable directory followed by an outbound network connection via that same file. Attackers may write executables or scripts to world-writable directories to use for temporary execution.
Query · eql
sequence by process.parent.entity_id with maxspan=3s
[file where event.type == "creation" and file.path like ("/tmp/*", "/var/tmp/*", "/dev/shm/*")] as event0
[network where event.type == "start" and event.action == "connection_attempted" and
startswith~(process.executable, event0.file.path) 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"
) or
process.executable like~ (
"/tmp/go-build*", "/tmp/regctl", "/tmp/token_handler", "/tmp/tmp.*/rustup-init", "/tmp/tmp.*/juliainstaller",
"/tmp/nix-shell-*/go-build*/gobld", "/var/tmp/go-build*", "/opt/ruby/*", "/tmp/oryx/platforms/ruby/*/bin/gem",
"/tmp/level-linux-amd64", "/tmp/*/.vscode-server/.vscode-server/cli/servers/*/server/node"
)
)]