Backdoored library loaded into SSHD (CVE-2024-3094)
Description
This rule detects possible CVE-2024-3094 exploitation when the SSH daemon process loads a vulnerable version of the liblzma library. An attacker could exploit this to interfere with authentication in sshd via systemd, potentially compromising sensitive data or escalating their privileges.
Query · falco
open_read and proc.name=sshd and (fd.name contains "liblzma.so.5.6.0" or fd.name contains "liblzma.so.5.6.1")
Rule dependencies
Depends on
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composes · Falco macro
open_readA shared condition, not a detection — not indexed on this site.
Analyst notes
SSHD loaded a backdoored version of liblzma library %fd.name with parent %proc.pname and cmdline %proc.cmdline | process=%proc.name parent=%proc.pname file=%fd.name evt_type=%evt.type user=%user.name user_uid=%user.uid user_loginuid=%user.loginuid proc_exepath=%proc.exepath command=%proc.cmdline terminal=%proc.tty exe_flags=%evt.arg.flags