Elastic low stable kql

Web Server Local File Inclusion Activity

This rule detects potential Local File Inclusion (LFI) activity on web servers by identifying HTTP GET requests that attempt to access sensitive local files through directory traversal techniques or known file paths. Attackers may exploit LFI vulnerabilities to read sensitive files, gain system information, or further compromise the server.

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Detection Logic

from
  logs-nginx.access-*,
  logs-apache.access-*,
  logs-apache_tomcat.access-*,
  logs-iis.access-*,
  logs-traefik.access-*
| where
    http.request.method == "GET" and
    http.response.status_code == 200 and
    url.original like "*=*"
| eval Esql.url_original_url_decoded_to_lower = to_lower(URL_DECODE(url.original))
| where
  /* 1) Relative traversal */
    Esql.url_original_url_decoded_to_lower like "*../../../../*" or           // Unix-style traversal
    Esql.url_original_url_decoded_to_lower like "*..\\\\..\\\\..\\\\..*" or           // Windows-style traversal
    // Potential security check bypassing (enforcing multiple dots and shortening the pattern)
    Esql.url_original_url_decoded_to_lower like "*..././*" or
    Esql.url_original_url_decoded_to_lower like "*...\\*" or
    Esql.url_original_url_decoded_to_lower like "*....\\*" or

  /* 2) Linux system identity / basic info */
    Esql.url_original_url_decoded_to_lower like "*etc/passwd*" or
    Esql.url_original_url_decoded_to_lower like "*etc/shadow*" or
    Esql.url_original_url_decoded_to_lower like "*etc/hosts*" or
    Esql.url_original_url_decoded_to_lower like "*etc/os-release*" or
    Esql.url_original_url_decoded_to_lower like "*etc/issue*" or

  /* 3) Linux /proc enumeration */
    Esql.url_original_url_decoded_to_lower like "*proc/self/environ*" or
    Esql.url_original_url_decoded_to_lower like "*proc/self/cmdline*" or
    Esql.url_original_url_decoded_to_lower like "*proc/self/fd*" or
    Esql.url_original_url_decoded_to_lower like "*proc/self/exe*" or

  /* 4) Linux webroots, configs & logs */
    Esql.url_original_url_decoded_to_lower like "*var/www*" or               // generic webroot
    Esql.url_original_url_decoded_to_lower like "*wp-config.php*" or         // classic WP config
    Esql.url_original_url_decoded_to_lower like "*etc/apache2*" or
    Esql.url_original_url_decoded_to_lower like "*etc/httpd*" or
    Esql.url_original_url_decoded_to_lower like "*etc/nginx*" or
    Esql.url_original_url_decoded_to_lower like "*var/log/apache2*" or
    Esql.url_original_url_decoded_to_lower like "*var/log/httpd*" or
    Esql.url_original_url_decoded_to_lower like "*var/log/nginx*" or

  /* 5) Windows core files / identity */
    Esql.url_original_url_decoded_to_lower like "*windows/panther/*unattend*" or
    Esql.url_original_url_decoded_to_lower like "*windows/debug/netsetup.log*" or
    Esql.url_original_url_decoded_to_lower like "*windows/win.ini*" or
    Esql.url_original_url_decoded_to_lower like "*windows/system32/drivers/etc/hosts*" or
    Esql.url_original_url_decoded_to_lower like "*boot.ini*" or
    Esql.url_original_url_decoded_to_lower like "*windows/system32/config/*" or
    Esql.url_original_url_decoded_to_lower like "*windows/repair/sam*" or
    Esql.url_original_url_decoded_to_lower like "*windows/system32/license.rtf*" or

  /* 6) Windows IIS / .NET configs, webroots & logs */
     Esql.url_original_url_decoded_to_lower like "*/inetpub/wwwroot*" or
     Esql.url_original_url_decoded_to_lower like "*/inetpub/logs/logfiles*" or
     Esql.url_original_url_decoded_to_lower like "*applicationhost.config*" or
     Esql.url_original_url_decoded_to_lower like "*/microsoft.net/framework64/*/config/web.config*" or
     Esql.url_original_url_decoded_to_lower like "*windows/system32/inetsrv/*" or

  /* 7) PHP & protocol wrappers */
     Esql.url_original_url_decoded_to_lower like "*php://*" or
     Esql.url_original_url_decoded_to_lower like "*zip://*" or
     Esql.url_original_url_decoded_to_lower like "*phar://*" or
     Esql.url_original_url_decoded_to_lower like "*expect://*" or
     Esql.url_original_url_decoded_to_lower like "*file://*" or
     Esql.url_original_url_decoded_to_lower like "*data://text/plain;base64*"
| keep
    @timestamp,
    Esql.url_original_url_decoded_to_lower,
    source.ip,
    agent.id,
    agent.name,
    http.request.method,
    http.response.status_code,
    data_stream.dataset,
    data_stream.namespace
| stats
    Esql.event_count = count(),
    Esql.url_original_url_decoded_to_lower_count_distinct = count_distinct(Esql.url_original_url_decoded_to_lower),
    Esql.agent_name_values = values(agent.name),
    Esql.agent_id_values = values(agent.id),
    Esql.http_request_method_values = values(http.request.method),
    Esql.http_response_status_code_values = values(http.response.status_code),
    Esql.url_original_url_decoded_to_lower_values = values(Esql.url_original_url_decoded_to_lower),
    Esql.data_stream_dataset_values = values(data_stream.dataset),
    Esql.data_stream_namespace_values = values(data_stream.namespace)
    by source.ip

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