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Browser Started with Remote Debugging

Detects browsers starting with the remote debugging flags. Which is a technique often used to perform browser injection attacks

MITRE ATT&CK

T1185

credential-accesscollection

Detection Query

selection_chromium_based:
  CommandLine|contains: " --remote-debugging-"
selection_firefox:
  Image|endswith: \firefox.exe
  CommandLine|contains: " -start-debugger-server"
condition: 1 of selection_*

Author

pH-T (Nextron Systems), Nasreddine Bencherchali (Nextron Systems)

Created

2022-07-27

Data Sources

windowsProcess Creation Events

Platforms

windows

References

Tags

attack.credential-accessattack.collectionattack.t1185

Raw Content

title: Browser Started with Remote Debugging
id: b3d34dc5-2efd-4ae3-845f-8ec14921f449
related:
    - id: 3e8207c5-fcd2-4ea6-9418-15d45b4890e4
      type: derived
status: test
description: Detects browsers starting with the remote debugging flags. Which is a technique often used to perform browser injection attacks
references:
    - https://yoroi.company/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/EternityGroup_report_compressed.pdf
    - https://www.mdsec.co.uk/2022/10/analysing-lastpass-part-1/
    - https://github.com/defaultnamehere/cookie_crimes/
    - https://github.com/wunderwuzzi23/firefox-cookiemonster
author: pH-T (Nextron Systems), Nasreddine Bencherchali (Nextron Systems)
date: 2022-07-27
modified: 2022-12-23
tags:
    - attack.credential-access
    - attack.collection
    - attack.t1185
logsource:
    category: process_creation
    product: windows
detection:
    selection_chromium_based:
        # Covers: --remote-debugging-address, --remote-debugging-port, --remote-debugging-socket-name, --remote-debugging-pipe....etc
        CommandLine|contains: ' --remote-debugging-'
    selection_firefox:
        Image|endswith: '\firefox.exe'
        CommandLine|contains: ' -start-debugger-server'
    condition: 1 of selection_*
falsepositives:
    - Unknown
level: medium