Shared Object Injection via Process Environment Variable

[rule]
description = """
This rule detects the use of process environment variables LD_PRELOAD to inject a shared library into a binary at or
prior to execution. A threat actor may do this to load a malicious shared library for persistence, privilege escalation,
and defense evasion. This activity is not common and should indicate malicious or suspicious behavior.
"""
id = "f6f74bd6-414a-4f22-89ec-c045d634a805"
license = "Elastic License v2"
name = "Shared Object Injection via Process Environment Variable"
os_list = ["linux"]
reference = ["https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1574/006/"]
version = "1.0.49"

query = '''
process where event.type == "start" and event.action == "exec" and process.env_vars like "LD_PRELOAD=?*" and 
  (
    (
      process.env_vars like ("LD_PRELOAD=/tmp/*.so", 
                          "LD_PRELOAD=./*.so", 
                          "LD_PRELOAD=$LD_PRELOAD*",  
                          "LD_PRELOAD=$*LD_PRELOAD*")
    ) or 
    (
      process.command_line : ("./*") and 
      process.env_vars : ("LD_PRELOAD=/home/*",
                          "LD_PRELAOD=/tmp/*",
                          "LD_PRELOAD=/dev/shm/*",
                          "LD_PRELOAD=/run/*")
    ) or 
    (
      process.executable : ("/bin/busybox", 
                            "/usr/bin/busybox", 
                            "/bin/vi", 
                            "/usr/bin/vi") and 
      process.env_vars : "LD_PRELOAD=*.so"
    ) or 
    (
      process.args_count <= 1 and 
      process.parent.name : ("bash", "sh") and
      process.env_vars : ("LD_PRELOAD=/home/*",
                          "LD_PRELAOD=/tmp/*",
                          "LD_PRELOAD=/dev/shm/*",
                          "LD_PRELOAD=/run/*")
    ) or
    (process.env_vars : "LD_PRELOAD=/proc/*")
  ) and not (
  process.env_vars like (
    "LD_PRELOAD=", "LD_LIBRARY_PATH=", "LD_PRELOAD=/tmp/pressure-vessel-libs-*/${LIB}/gameoverlayrenderer.so",
    "LD_PRELOAD=*/.mount_*", "LD_PRELOAD=/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libjemalloc.so.2",
    "LD_PRELOAD=/opt/deepinstinct/bin/libDeepInterception.so", "LD_PRELOAD=/usr/lib/preloadable_libiconv.so",
    "LD_PRELOAD=./build/liblib.so", "LD_PRELOAD=/usr/libexec/sudo/sudo_noexec.so", "LD_PRELOAD=/home/oracle/*",
    "LD_PRELOAD=/home/*/lib/python*/site-packages/*", "*LD_PRELOAD=*MATLAB*ld_shim.so.2.*", 
    "LD_PRELOAD=/tmp/intercept-*/libear.so",
    "LD_PRELOAD=/opt/dynatrace/oneagent/agent/bin/current/linux-x86-64/liboneagentproc.so",
    "LD_PRELOAD=/home/*/.local/lib/vivaldi/media-codecs-*/libffmpeg.so",
    "LD_PRELOAD=/usr/local/lib/libmimalloc.so", "LD_PRELOAD=/home/*/opt/commvault/Base/libCvDllFilter.so",
    "LD_PRELOAD=/usr/lib/libjemalloc.so.2:/opt/zlib-ng/lib/libz.so",
    "LD_PRELOAD=/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libSegFault.so", "LD_PRELOAD=/usr/lib/libnss_wrapper.so",
    "LD_PRELOAD=/tmp/*/openwrt-imagebuilder*/runas.so", "LD_PRELOAD=/tmp/pressure-vessel-libs-*/libMangoHud_shim.so",
    "LD_PRELOAD=/home/libjemalloc.so.2", "LD_PRELOAD=/tmp/libredirectnull.so", "LD_PRELOAD=/tmp/libcuda_trace.so",
    "LD_PRELOAD=:/usr/lib/libjemalloc.so", "LD_PRELOAD=/lib/libSegFault.so", "LD_PRELOAD=/tmp/baum/easybuild/*",
    "LD_PRELOAD=/home/*/.local/share/WebexLauncher/*/bin/../lib/libCefMallinfoShim.so"
  ) or
  (process.env_vars == "LD_PRELOAD=./getrandom.so" and process.parent.command_line == "/opt/perlbrew/perls/perl-5.40.3/bin/perl t/getrandom.t") or
  process.parent.command_line == "runc init" or
  process.parent.executable like (
    "/usr/local/bin/fluentd", "/nix/store/*", "/usr/lib/pressure-vessel/from-host/bin/pressure-vessel-adverb", 
    "/opt/tm/toolchains/*", "/bin/sudoedit"
  ) or
  process.executable == "/usr/bin/adb" or
  process.executable like "/tmp/newroot/*" or
  (
    process.env_vars like "LD_PRELOAD=/tmp/pytest-of-*/*/.runtime/qgc/libqgc_timer_guard.so" and
    process.parent.executable == "/usr/bin/bash"
  )
)
'''

min_endpoint_version = "8.6.0"
optional_actions = []
[[actions]]
action = "kill_process"
field = "process.entity_id"
state = 0

[[actions]]
action = "kill_process"
field = "process.parent.entity_id"
state = 0

[[threat]]
framework = "MITRE ATT&CK"
[[threat.technique]]
id = "T1574"
name = "Hijack Execution Flow"
reference = "https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1574/"
[[threat.technique.subtechnique]]
id = "T1574.006"
name = "Dynamic Linker Hijacking"
reference = "https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1574/006/"



[threat.tactic]
id = "TA0003"
name = "Persistence"
reference = "https://attack.mitre.org/tactics/TA0003/"
[[threat]]
framework = "MITRE ATT&CK"
[[threat.technique]]
id = "T1574"
name = "Hijack Execution Flow"
reference = "https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1574/"
[[threat.technique.subtechnique]]
id = "T1574.006"
name = "Dynamic Linker Hijacking"
reference = "https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1574/006/"



[threat.tactic]
id = "TA0004"
name = "Privilege Escalation"
reference = "https://attack.mitre.org/tactics/TA0004/"
[[threat]]
framework = "MITRE ATT&CK"
[[threat.technique]]
id = "T1574"
name = "Hijack Execution Flow"
reference = "https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1574/"
[[threat.technique.subtechnique]]
id = "T1574.006"
name = "Dynamic Linker Hijacking"
reference = "https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1574/006/"



[threat.tactic]
id = "TA0005"
name = "Defense Evasion"
reference = "https://attack.mitre.org/tactics/TA0005/"

[internal]
min_endpoint_version = "8.6.0"