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Decoded Payload Piped to Interpreter Detected via Defend for Containers
This rule detects the execution of a base64 decoded payload to an interpreter inside a container. Attackers may use this technique to execute malicious code, while attempting to evade detection.
Detection Logic
sequence by process.parent.entity_id, container.id with maxspan=3s
[process where event.type == "start" and event.action == "exec" and container.id like "?*" and (
(
(
process.name in ("base64", "basez", "base64plain", "base64url", "base64mime", "base64pem", "basenc", "base32", "base16") or
(
process.name in ("bash", "dash", "sh", "tcsh", "csh", "zsh", "ksh", "fish", "busybox") and
process.args in ("base64", "basez", "base64plain", "base64url", "base64mime", "base64pem", "basenc", "base32", "base16")
)
) and
process.args like~ "*-*d*"
) or
(
process.name == "openssl" and
process.args == "enc" and process.args in ("-d", "-base64", "-a", "-A")
) or
(
process.name like "python*" and (
(process.args == "base64" and process.args in ("-d", "-u", "-t")) or
(process.args == "-c" and process.args like "*base64*" and process.args like~ "*b64decode*")
)
) or
(
process.name like "perl*" and
process.args like~ "*decode_base64*"
) or
(
process.name like "ruby*" and
process.args == "-e" and
process.args like~ "*Base64.decode64*"
)
)]
[process where event.type == "start" and event.action == "exec" and process.name like (
"bash", "dash", "sh", "tcsh", "csh", "zsh", "ksh", "fish", "busybox",
"python*", "perl*", "ruby*", "lua*", "php*"
) and
process.args like (
"-bash", "-dash", "-sh", "-tcsh", "-csh", "-zsh", "-ksh", "-fish", "-busybox",
"bash", "dash", "sh", "tcsh", "csh", "zsh", "ksh", "fish", "busybox",
"/bin/bash", "/bin/dash", "/bin/sh", "/bin/tcsh", "/bin/csh",
"/bin/zsh", "/bin/ksh", "/bin/fish", "/bin/busybox",
"/usr/bin/bash", "/usr/bin/dash", "/usr/bin/sh", "/usr/bin/tcsh",
"/usr/bin/csh", "/usr/bin/zsh", "/usr/bin/ksh", "/usr/bin/fish",
"/usr/bin/busybox",
"*python*", "*perl*", "*ruby*", "*lua*", "*php*", "/dev/fd/*"
) and
not (
process.working_directory like (
"/usr/local/zeek", "/opt/zeek", "/var/lib/docker/overlay2/*/opt/zeek", "/usr/local/zeek_old_install",
"/var/lib/docker/overlay2/*/usr/local/zeek", "/proc/self/fd/*/usr/local/zeek"
) or
process.args in (
"which", "/bin/which", "/usr/bin/which", "/usr/local/bin/which",
"man", "/bin/man", "/usr/bin/man", "/usr/local/bin/man",
"chmod", "/bin/chmod", "/usr/bin/chmod", "/usr/local/bin/chmod",
"chown", "/bin/chown", "/usr/bin/chown", "/usr/local/bin/chown"
)
)] Field Validations
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