Potential Exploitation of CVE-2024-3094 - Suspicious SSH Child Process
Detects potentially suspicious child process of SSH process (sshd) with a specific execution user. This could be a sign of potential exploitation of CVE-2024-3094.
Detection logic
selection
ParentImage|endswith: /sshd
CommandLine|startswith:
- bash -c
- sh -c
User: rootCondition
selectionRaw YAML
title: Potential Exploitation of CVE-2024-3094 - Suspicious SSH Child Process
id: 9aa27839-e8ba-4d7a-ac1a-746c22c3d1e5
status: test
description: |
Detects potentially suspicious child process of SSH process (sshd) with a specific execution user. This could be a sign of potential exploitation of CVE-2024-3094.
references:
- https://github.com/amlweems/xzbot?tab=readme-ov-file#backdoor-demo
author: Arnim Rupp, Nasreddine Bencherchali, Thomas Patzke
date: 2024-04-01
modified: 2024-07-03
tags:
- attack.execution
- cve.2024-3094
- detection.emerging-threats
logsource:
category: process_creation
product: linux
detection:
selection:
ParentImage|endswith: '/sshd'
CommandLine|startswith:
- 'bash -c'
- 'sh -c'
User: 'root'
condition: selection
falsepositives:
- Administrative activity directly with root authentication might trigger this rule if it's unnecessarily prefixed with "sh -c" or "bash -c"
level: highFalse positives
- Administrative activity directly with root authentication might trigger this rule if it's unnecessarily prefixed with "sh -c" or "bash -c"
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