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Generic.Detection.EffluenceWebshell
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Generic.Detection.EffluenceWebshell

This artifact detects Effluence Webshell observed deployed during exploitation of Atlassian Confluence CVE-2023-22515.


name: Generic.Detection.EffluenceWebshell
author: Matt Green - @mgreen27
description: |
  This artifact detects Effluence Webshell observed deployed during exploitation 
  of Atlassian Confluence CVE-2023-22515.

reference:
    - https://www.aon.com/cyber-solutions/aon_cyber_labs/detecting-effluence-an-unauthenticated-confluence-web-shell/
    
type: CLIENT

parameters:
  - name: ProcessRegex
    default: java
    type: regex
  - name: PidRegex
    default: .
    type: regex
  - name: YaraRule
    type: yara
    default: |
      rule ConfluencePageIndicator {
        meta:
            description = "Detects strings indicative of a web shell in Confluence page"
            author = "Stroz Friedberg"
            date = "2023-11-06"
    
        strings:
            $confluence_title = "<title> - Confluence</title>" ascii wide
            $hide_plugin_function = "hidePlugin(" ascii wide
            $system_plugin_key = "ALWAYS_SYSTEM_PLUGIN_KEYS" ascii wide
            $dashes = " ----- " ascii wide
    
        condition:
            $confluence_title and $hide_plugin_function and $dashes and $system_plugin_key
      }
  - name: NumberOfHits
    description: THis artifact will stop by default at one hit. This setting allows additional hits
    default: 1
    type: int
  - name: ContextBytes
    description: Include this amount of bytes around hit as context.
    default: 0
    type: int64


sources:
  - query: |
      LET linux = SELECT * FROM Artifact.Linux.Detection.Yara.Process(
                            ProcessRegex=ProcessRegex,
                            PidRegex=PidRegex,
                            YaraRule=YaraRule,
                            NumberOfHits=NumberOfHits,
                            ContextBytes=ContextBytes )

      LET windows = SELECT * FROM Artifact.Windows.Detection.Yara.Process(
                            ProcessRegex=ProcessRegex,
                            PidRegex=PidRegex,
                            YaraRule=YaraRule,
                            NumberOfHits=NumberOfHits,
                            ContextBytes=ContextBytes )
        
      LET system = SELECT OS From info() where OS
      
      SELECT * FROM if(condition= system[0].OS=windows,
                        then= windows,
                        else= linux )
                            
column_types:
  - name: HitContext
    type: preview_upload