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Address CRITICAL ELF false-positives in trino, rust, and eza (#718)
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* Linux ELF rule adjustments

* rule tuning

* Add Linux tests

* sbcl tuning
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tstromberg authored Dec 17, 2024
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14 changes: 8 additions & 6 deletions rules/evasion/rootkit/userspace.yara
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Expand Up @@ -48,18 +48,20 @@ rule readdir_intercept: high {

rule readdir_dlsym_interceptor: high {
meta:
description = "userland rootkit designed to hide files (readdir)"
description = "userland rootkit designed to hide files (readdir64+readlink)"

filetypes = "so,c"

strings:
$dlsym = "dlsym" fullword
$readdir64 = "readdir64" fullword
$readlink_maybe_not_needed = "readlink"
$proc = "/proc"
$f_dlsym = "dlsym" fullword
$f_readdir64 = "readdir64" fullword
$f_readlink_maybe_not_needed = "readlink"
$f_proc = "/proc"
$not_sbcl = "SBCL_HOME" fullword
condition:
filesize < 1MB and uint32(0) == 1179403647 and all of them
filesize < 1MB and uint32(0) == 1179403647 and all of ($f*) and none of ($not*)
}

rule readdir_tcp_wrapper_intercept: high {
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21 changes: 21 additions & 0 deletions rules/false_positives/trino_upx.yara
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rule trino_upx_override: override {
meta:
description = "https://trino.io/ - UPX encrypted and crazy"
upx = "medium"
high_entropy_header = "medium"
normal_elf_high_entropy_7_4 = "medium"
obfuscated_elf = "medium"

strings:
$ = "Go buildinf"
$ = "p\tgiNub.com/fdih/"
$ = "kTixuOsFBOtGYSTLRLWK6G"
$ = "wnwmwkwbqc"
$ = "zYna%i%qj%"
$ = "kUNKNOWN:$"
$ = "q\tcCuXMaxlebo"
$ = "lmRnTEOIt"
condition:
filesize > 1MB and filesize < 3MB and 85 % of them
}
12 changes: 7 additions & 5 deletions rules/malware/family/beurk.yara
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Expand Up @@ -23,12 +23,14 @@ rule beurk_xor: critical linux {
ref = "https://github.com/unix-thrust/beurk"

strings:
$ = "BEURK" xor(1-31) fullword
$ = "BEURK" xor(33-255) fullword
$ = "b3urkR0cks" xor(1-31)
$ = "b3urkR0cks" xor(33-255)
$x_BEURK = "BEURK" xor(1-31) fullword
$x_BEURK2 = "BEURK" xor(33-255) fullword
$x_b3urkR0cks = "b3urkR0cks" xor(1-31)
$x_b3urkR0cks2 = "b3urkR0cks" xor(33-255)
$dlsym = "dlsym" fullword
condition:
filesize < 2MB and any of them
filesize < 2MB and $dlsym and any of ($x*)
}

10 changes: 6 additions & 4 deletions rules/persist/shell/bash.yara
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Expand Up @@ -26,9 +26,10 @@ rule bash_persist_persistent: high {
$ref3 = ".profile"
$ref4 = ".bashrc"
$not_bash = "POSIXLY_CORRECT"
$not_csh = ".cshrc" fullword
$not_tcsh = "tcsh" fullword
$not_bash = "POSIXLY_CORRECT"
$not_csh = ".cshrc"
$not_tcsh = "tcsh" fullword
$not_tcshrc = ".tcshrc"
condition:
3 of them and none of ($not*)
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$not_bash = "POSIXLY_CORRECT"
$not_comment = "# ~/.bash_logout"
$not_clear = "/usr/bin/clear_console"
$not_csh = ".cshrc" fullword
$not_csh = ".cshrc"
$not_tcshrc = ".tcshrc"
condition:
filesize < 2097152 and any of ($ref*) and none of ($not*)
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24 changes: 24 additions & 0 deletions tests/linux/2024.sbcl.market/sbcl.clean.simple
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# linux/2024.sbcl.market/sbcl.clean: medium
c2/addr/url: low
c2/tool_transfer/arch: low
crypto/rc4: low
data/compression/zstd: low
discover/user/HOME: low
discover/user/USER: low
evasion/file/location/var_tmp: medium
exec/dylib/address_check: low
exec/dylib/symbol_address: medium
exec/program: medium
exec/program/background: low
exec/shell/echo: medium
fs/file/delete: low
fs/file/truncate: low
fs/link_read: low
fs/path/dev: medium
fs/path/tmp: medium
fs/path/var: low
fs/permission/modify: low
fs/proc/self_exe: medium
fs/symlink_resolve: low
fs/tempdir/TEMP: low
net/url/embedded: low
1 change: 0 additions & 1 deletion tests/linux/2024.sbcl.market/sbcl.sdiff
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discover/user/HOME
discover/user/USER
evasion/file/location/var_tmp
-evasion/rootkit/userspace
exec/dylib/address_check
exec/dylib/symbol_address
exec/program
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28 changes: 28 additions & 0 deletions tests/linux/clean/eza.simple
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# linux/clean/eza: medium
anti-static/elf/multiple: medium
c2/addr/url: low
c2/tool_transfer/arch: low
c2/tool_transfer/os: medium
credential/server/htpasswd: medium
credential/shell/bash_history: medium
credential/ssh/authorized_hosts: medium
crypto/ed25519: low
crypto/rc4: low
data/encoding/base64: low
discover/user/HOME: low
evasion/file/prefix: medium
exec/dylib/iterate: low
exec/dylib/symbol_address: medium
fs/link_read: low
fs/mount: low
fs/path/etc: low
fs/path/home_config: low
fs/proc/self_cgroup: medium
fs/proc/self_exe: medium
fs/proc/self_mountinfo: medium
fs/symlink_resolve: low
fs/tempdir/TEMP: low
net/url/embedded: low
persist/shell/bash: medium
persist/shell/zsh: medium
process/multithreaded: low
126 changes: 126 additions & 0 deletions tests/linux/clean/kolide/launcher.simple
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# linux/clean/kolide/launcher: medium
c2/addr/http_dynamic: medium
c2/addr/ip: medium
c2/addr/url: low
c2/tool_transfer/arch: low
c2/tool_transfer/os: medium
collect/archives/zip: medium
collect/databases/mysql: medium
collect/databases/postgresql: medium
collect/databases/sqlite: medium
credential/keychain: medium
credential/password: low
credential/ssl/private_key: low
crypto/aes: low
crypto/cipher: medium
crypto/decrypt: low
crypto/ecdsa: low
crypto/ed25519: low
crypto/public_key: low
crypto/tls: low
data/compression/gzip: low
data/compression/zlib: low
data/embedded/base64_terms: medium
data/embedded/base64_url: medium
data/embedded/html: medium
data/embedded/pem_certificate: low
data/encoding/base64: low
data/encoding/json: low
data/encoding/json_decode: low
data/hash/blake2b: low
data/hash/md5: low
discover/network/netstat: medium
discover/processes/list: medium
discover/system/cpu: low
discover/system/hostname: low
discover/system/platform: medium
discover/user/USER: low
evasion/file/prefix: medium
evasion/logging/acct: low
exec/cmd: medium
exec/plugin: low
exec/program: medium
exec/shell/TERM: low
exec/shell/command: medium
exec/system_controls/systemd: medium
exfil/upload: medium
fs/directory/create: low
fs/directory/list: low
fs/directory/remove: low
fs/file/create: medium
fs/file/delete: low
fs/file/open: low
fs/file/read: low
fs/file/rename: low
fs/file/stat: low
fs/file/truncate: low
fs/file/write: low
fs/link_read: low
fs/lock_update: low
fs/mount: low
fs/path/boot: medium
fs/path/etc: low
fs/path/etc_hosts: medium
fs/path/etc_resolv.conf: low
fs/path/home_config: low
fs/path/tmp: medium
fs/path/usr_bin: low
fs/path/usr_local: medium
fs/path/usr_sbin: low
fs/path/var: low
fs/path/var_log: medium
fs/permission/chown: medium
fs/permission/modify: medium
fs/proc/self_mountinfo: medium
fs/tempdir: low
fs/tempdir/TEMP: low
fs/tempdir/TMPDIR: low
fs/tempdir/create: low
fs/tempfile: low
hw/dev/block_ice: medium
impact/remote_access/net_term: medium
net/dns: low
net/dns/reverse: medium
net/dns/servers: low
net/dns/txt: low
net/download: medium
net/http/2: low
net/http/accept: medium
net/http/accept_encoding: low
net/http/auth: low
net/http/content_length: medium
net/http/cookies: medium
net/http/form_upload: medium
net/http/post: medium
net/http/proxy: low
net/http/request: low
net/ip/host_port: medium
net/ip/icmp: medium
net/ip/parse: medium
net/ip/tcp_state_tracker: medium
net/resolve/hostname: low
net/resolve/hostport_parse: low
net/socket/listen: medium
net/socket/local_addr: low
net/socket/peer_address: low
net/socket/receive: low
net/socket/send: low
net/tcp/connect: medium
net/tcp/grpc: low
net/tcp/sftp: medium
net/tcp/ssh: medium
net/udp/receive: low
net/udp/send: low
net/url/embedded: low
net/url/encode: medium
net/url/parse: low
net/url/request: medium
os/fd/sendfile: low
os/kernel/key_management: low
os/kernel/netlink: low
persist/pid_file: medium
privesc/setuid: low
privesc/sudo: medium
process/groupid_set: low
process/groups_set: low
process/multithreaded: low
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