Potential SAP NetWeaver Webshell Creation - Linux
Detects the creation of suspicious files (jsp, java, class) in SAP NetWeaver directories, which may indicate exploitation attempts of vulnerabilities such as CVE-2025-31324.
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1title: Potential SAP NetWeaver Webshell Creation - Linux
2id: 5b91409c-cb18-4ab6-ac75-c5759f998409
3status: experimental
4description: |
5 Detects the creation of suspicious files (jsp, java, class) in SAP NetWeaver directories,
6 which may indicate exploitation attempts of vulnerabilities such as CVE-2025-31324.
7references:
8 - https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2025-31324
9 - https://reliaquest.com/blog/threat-spotlight-reliaquest-uncovers-vulnerability-behind-sap-netweaver-compromise/
10 - https://onapsis.com/blog/active-exploitation-of-sap-vulnerability-cve-2025-31324/
11author: Elastic (idea), Swachchhanda Shrawan Poudel (Nextron Systems)
12date: 2025-04-28
13tags:
14 - attack.execution
15 - attack.initial-access
16 - attack.t1190
17 - attack.persistence
18 - attack.t1059.003
19 - cve.2025-31324
20 - detection.emerging-threats
21logsource:
22 product: linux
23 category: file_event
24detection:
25 selection_path:
26 TargetFilename|contains:
27 - '/j2ee/cluster/apps/sap.com/irj/servlet_jsp/irj/work/'
28 - '/j2ee/cluster/apps/sap.com/irj/servlet_jsp/irj/root/'
29 selection_ext:
30 TargetFilename|endswith:
31 - '.jsp'
32 - '.java'
33 - '.class'
34 condition: all of selection_*
35falsepositives:
36 - Legitimate creation of jsc or java files in these locations
37level: medium
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