Triple Cross eBPF Rootkit Execve Hijack

 1title: Triple Cross eBPF Rootkit Execve Hijack
 2id: 0326c3c8-7803-4a0f-8c5c-368f747f7c3e
 3status: test
 4description: Detects execution of a the file "execve_hijack" which is used by the Triple Cross rootkit as a way to elevate privileges
 5references:
 6    - https://github.com/h3xduck/TripleCross/blob/1f1c3e0958af8ad9f6ebe10ab442e75de33e91de/src/helpers/execve_hijack.c#L275
 7author: Nasreddine Bencherchali (Nextron Systems)
 8date: 2022/07/05
 9tags:
10    - attack.defense_evasion
11    - attack.privilege_escalation
12logsource:
13    category: process_creation
14    product: linux
15detection:
16    selection:
17        Image|endswith: '/sudo'
18        CommandLine|contains: 'execve_hijack'
19    condition: selection
20falsepositives:
21    - Unlikely
22level: high

References

• TripleCross/src/helpers/execve_hijack.c at 1f1c3e0958af8ad9f6ebe10ab442e75de33e91de · h3xduck/TripleCross

  

  A Linux eBPF rootkit with a backdoor, C2, library injection, execution hijacking, persistence and stealth capabilities. - h3xduck/TripleCross

  
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