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Data Exfiltration with Wget — Sigma Rule

Sigma rule cb39d16b-b3b6-4a7a-8222-1cf24b686ffc. Data Exfiltration with Wget — Sigma Rule. Detects attempts to post the file with the usage of wget utility. The adversary can bypass the permission restriction with the misconfigured sudo permission for wget utility which could allow them to read files like /etc/shadow.

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Author: Pawel Mazur. Source status: test; severity: medium. Source dates: 2021-11-18 / 2022-12-25.

{
  "product": "linux",
  "service": "auditd"
}

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Source SHA-256: f0b690721afad0bec3d993b76729ec0f5e207a9ce51bcccffa40ac6ee442ad40

Detection logic

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title: Data Exfiltration with Wget
id: cb39d16b-b3b6-4a7a-8222-1cf24b686ffc
status: test
description: |
    Detects attempts to post the file with the usage of wget utility.
    The adversary can bypass the permission restriction with the misconfigured sudo permission for wget utility which could allow them to read files like /etc/shadow.
references:
    - https://linux.die.net/man/1/wget
    - https://gtfobins.github.io/gtfobins/wget/
author: 'Pawel Mazur'
date: 2021-11-18
modified: 2022-12-25
tags:
    - attack.exfiltration
    - attack.t1048.003
logsource:
    product: linux
    service: auditd
detection:
    selection:
        type: EXECVE
        a0: wget
        a1|startswith: '--post-file='
    condition: selection
falsepositives:
    - Legitimate usage of wget utility to post a file
level: medium

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False positives

  • Legitimate usage of wget utility to post a file

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