Code Injection Detected Using Process_vm_writev Syscall

Possible code injection into another process was detected. Code injection is an exploitation technique used to run malicious code, adversaries may use it in order to execute their malware.

MITRE ATT&CK

Defense Evasion: Process Injection

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package main

import (
	"fmt"

	"github.com/aquasecurity/tracee/signatures/helpers"
	"github.com/aquasecurity/tracee/types/detect"
	"github.com/aquasecurity/tracee/types/protocol"
	"github.com/aquasecurity/tracee/types/trace"
)

type ProcessVmWriteCodeInjection struct {
	cb detect.SignatureHandler
}

func (sig *ProcessVmWriteCodeInjection) Init(ctx detect.SignatureContext) error {
	sig.cb = ctx.Callback

	return nil
}

func (sig *ProcessVmWriteCodeInjection) GetMetadata() (detect.SignatureMetadata, error) {
	return detect.SignatureMetadata{
		ID:          "TRC-1025",
		Version:     "1",
		Name:        "Code injection detected using process_vm_writev syscall",
		EventName:   "process_vm_write_inject",
		Description: "Possible code injection into another process was detected. Code injection is an exploitation technique used to run malicious code, adversaries may use it in order to execute their malware.",
		Properties: map[string]interface{}{
			"Severity":             3,
			"Category":             "defense-evasion",
			"Technique":            "Process Injection",
			"Kubernetes_Technique": "",
			"id":                   "attack-pattern--43e7dc91-05b2-474c-b9ac-2ed4fe101f4d",
			"external_id":          "T1055",
		},
	}, nil
}

func (sig *ProcessVmWriteCodeInjection) GetSelectedEvents() ([]detect.SignatureEventSelector, error) {
	return []detect.SignatureEventSelector{
		{Source: "tracee", Name: "process_vm_writev", Origin: "*"},
	}, nil
}

func (sig *ProcessVmWriteCodeInjection) OnEvent(event protocol.Event) error {
	eventObj, ok := event.Payload.(trace.Event)
	if !ok {
		return fmt.Errorf("invalid event")
	}

	switch eventObj.EventName {
	case "process_vm_writev":
		dstPid, err := helpers.GetTraceeIntArgumentByName(eventObj, "pid")
		if err != nil {
			return err
		}

		if eventObj.ProcessID != dstPid {
			metadata, err := sig.GetMetadata()
			if err != nil {
				return err
			}
			sig.cb(&detect.Finding{
				SigMetadata: metadata,
				Event:       event,
				Data:        nil,
			})
		}
	}

	return nil
}

func (sig *ProcessVmWriteCodeInjection) OnSignal(s detect.Signal) error {
	return nil
}
func (sig *ProcessVmWriteCodeInjection) Close() {}