Potential RCE Exploitation Attempt In NodeJS

 1title: Potential RCE Exploitation Attempt In NodeJS
 2id: 97661d9d-2beb-4630-b423-68985291a8af
 3status: test
 4description: Detects process execution related errors in NodeJS. If the exceptions are caused due to user input then they may suggest an RCE vulnerability.
 5references:
 6    - https://www.wix.engineering/post/threat-and-vulnerability-hunting-with-application-server-error-logs
 7author: Moti Harmats
 8date: 2023/02/11
 9tags:
10    - attack.initial_access
11    - attack.t1190
12logsource:
13    category: application
14    product: nodejs
15    definition: 'Requirements: application error logs must be collected (with LOG_LEVEL=ERROR and above)'
16detection:
17    keywords:
18        - 'node:child_process'
19    condition: keywords
20falsepositives:
21    - Puppeteer invocation exceptions often contain child_process related errors, that doesn't necessarily mean that the app is vulnerable.
22level: high

References

• Threat and Vulnerability Hunting with Application Server Error Logs

  

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