Potential Linux Reverse Shell via Java JAR Execution
Description
Identifies the execution of a Linux shell process from a Java JAR application post an incoming network connection. This behavior may indicate reverse shell activity via a Java application.
Query · eql
sequence with maxspan=5s
[network where event.action == "connection_attempted" and process.executable : (
"/usr/bin/java", "/bin/java", "/local/bin/java", "/usr/lib/jvm/*", "/usr/java/*"
) 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"
)
)
] by process.entity_id
[process where event.action == "exec" and process.parent.executable : (
"/usr/bin/java", "/bin/java", "/usr/lib/jvm/*", "/usr/java/*", "/local/bin/java"
) and process.parent.args : "-jar" and process.name in ("bash", "dash", "sh", "tcsh", "csh", "zsh", "ksh", "fish") and
process.parent.args_count <= 4 and not (
process.parent.args : (
"/etc/remote-iot/services/remoteiot.jar",
"/opt/pentaho/data-integration/launcher/launcher.jar",
"/usr/share/java/jenkins.war",
"/opt//tomcat/statistics/statistics.jar",
"/usr/lib64/NetExtender.jar",
"/var/lib/jenkins/workspace/MP-QA/tc_certified_copy*/tc_certified_copy_web_ui_test/target/surefire/surefirebooter*.jar",
"-javaagent:/opt/opentelemetry/opentelemetry-javaagent-all.jar",
"./lib/pipeline-job-executor*SNAPSHOT.jar",
"./lib/worker-launcher-agent*SNAPSHOT.jar",
"/opt/Seqrite_EndPoint_Security/wildfly/jboss-modules.jar",
"/home/data/jenkins.war",
"/pro/service-modules/deployment.jar",
"/application/HES/READER/*.jar",
"*-SNAPSHOT.jar",
"READER/G1A/READER_G1A.jar",
"READER_G1.jar"
) or
process.command_line like~ (
"bash -c ps -eo pid,lstart,comm*",
"bash -c df -i /application | tail -n 1",
"/bin/sh -xe /tmp/hudson*.sh",
"bash -c cat /application/HES/*"
)
)
] by process.parent.entity_id