Malicious ActiveMQ CVE-2023-46604 Payload Download via curl or wget

ATT&CK techniques

Initial Access → C2

Recon
Resource Dev
Initial Access
- T1190Exploit Public-Facing Application
Execution
Persistence
Priv Esc
Defense Evasion
Cred Access
Discovery
Lateral Movement
Collection
C2
- T1105Ingress Tool Transfer
Exfiltration
Impact

What it detects

This rule detects curl or wget fetching the Kinsing exploitation Spring context files poc.xml or linux-poc.xml. During ActiveMQ CVE-2023-46604 exploitation the broker is coerced into loading a remote XML that pulls the next stage, so these filenames in a download command indicate active exploitation.

Reporting behind it

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Malicious ActiveMQ CVE-2023-46604 Payload Download via curl or wget

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