Remote File Copy Binary Execution

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Alert on deployments that execute a remote file copy tool

Rationale: Remote copy tools can be used to exfiltrate data from a container
Remediation: Remove tools like scp, sshfs, ssh-copy-id, etc. from your image and redeploy it

CategoriesNetwork Tools

Compliance mappingsView coverage →

DORA EU 2022/2554: Art. 9.4(b)
ISO/IEC 27001 2022: A.8.20
NIST SP 800-53 rev. 5: CM-7
PCI DSS 4.0: 2.2.4

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remote-file-copy-binary-execution.yaml

- rule: remote-file-copy-binary-execution
  desc: Alert on deployments that execute a remote file copy tool
  condition: proc.name in ("scp|sshfs|ssh-copy-id|rsync")
  output: Process %proc.name executed by user %user.name (uid=%user.uid) in container %container.id image=%container.image.repository (policy=Remote File Copy Binary Execution)
  priority: WARNING
  source: syscall
  tags:
    - stackrox-import
    - policy

IR (canonical)

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  "id": "3e546913-de60-445c-a6d5-e70ac4ed4e98",
  "name": "Remote File Copy Binary Execution",
  "description": "Alert on deployments that execute a remote file copy tool",
  "rationale": "Remote copy tools can be used to exfiltrate data from a container",
  "remediation": "Remove tools like scp, sshfs, ssh-copy-id, etc. from your image and redeploy it",
  "severity": "medium",
  "categories": [
    "Network Tools"
  ],
  "lifecycle": [
    "runtime"
  ],
  "eventSource": "deployment",
  "scope": [],
  "exclusions": [
    {
      "name": "insights-operator",
      "namespace": "openshift-insights"
    }
  ],
  "enforcement": {
    "failBuild": false
  },
  "expression": {
    "op": "criterion",
    "field": "process-name",
    "values": [
      "scp|sshfs|ssh-copy-id|rsync"
    ],
    "valuesOp": "or",
    "negate": false
  },
  "disabled": false
}

Original StackRox JSON

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  "id": "3e546913-de60-445c-a6d5-e70ac4ed4e98",
  "name": "Remote File Copy Binary Execution",
  "description": "Alert on deployments that execute a remote file copy tool",
  "rationale": "Remote copy tools can be used to exfiltrate data from a container",
  "remediation": "Remove tools like scp, sshfs, ssh-copy-id, etc. from your image and redeploy it",
  "disabled": false,
  "categories": [
    "Network Tools"
  ],
  "lifecycleStages": [
    "RUNTIME"
  ],
  "eventSource": "DEPLOYMENT_EVENT",
  "exclusions": [
    {
      "name": "Don't alert on the insights-operator deployment in namespace openshift-insights",
      "deployment": {
        "name": "insights-operator",
        "scope": {
          "cluster": "",
          "namespace": "openshift-insights",
          "label": null
        }
      },
      "image": null
    }
  ],
  "scope": [],
  "severity": "MEDIUM_SEVERITY",
  "enforcementActions": [],
  "policySections": [
    {
      "sectionName": "",
      "policyGroups": [
        {
          "fieldName": "Process Name",
          "booleanOperator": "OR",
          "negate": false,
          "values": [
            {
              "value": "scp|sshfs|ssh-copy-id|rsync"
            }
          ]
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "notifiers": [],
  "lastUpdated": null,
  "SORTName": "",
  "SORTLifecycleStage": "",
  "SORTEnforcement": false,
  "policyVersion": "1.1",
  "mitreAttackVectors": [
    {
      "tactic": "TA0008",
      "techniques": [
        "T1570"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "criteriaLocked": true,
  "mitreVectorsLocked": true,
  "isDefault": true,
  "source": "IMPERATIVE"
}