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Potential CVE-2023-2283 Exploitation

Detects potential exploitation attempt of CVE-2023-2283 an authentication bypass in libSSH. The exploitation method causes an error message stating that keys for curve25519 could not be generated. It is an error message that is a sign of an exploitation attempt. It is not a sign of a successful exploitation.

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Florian Roth (Nextron Systems)Created Fri Jun 098b244735-5833-4517-a45b-28d8c63924c02023
Emerging Threat
Active Threat

Developed to detect an active or emerging threat. Prioritize investigation of any alerts and correlate with threat intelligence.

Log Source
Linuxsshd
ProductLinux← raw: linux
Servicesshd← raw: sshd
Detection Logic
Detection Logic1 selector
detection:
    keywords:
        - 'Failed to generate curve25519 keys'
    condition: keywords
False Positives

Errors with the initialization or generation of the X25519 elliptic curve keys may generate the same error message

MITRE ATT&CK

Other

cve.2023-2283detection.emerging-threats
Rule Metadata
Rule ID
8b244735-5833-4517-a45b-28d8c63924c0
Status
test
Level
medium
Type
Emerging Threat
Created
Fri Jun 09
Path
rules-emerging-threats/2023/Exploits/CVE-2023-2283/lnx_sshd_exploit_cve_2023_2283_libssh_authentication_bypass.yml
Raw Tags
attack.initial-accessattack.t1190cve.2023-2283detection.emerging-threats
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