Steal Web Session Cookie
An adversary may steal web application or service session cookies and use them to gain access to web applications or Internet services as an authenticated user without needing credentials. Web applications and services often use session cookies as an authentication token after a user has authenticated to a website. Cookies are often valid for an extended period of time, even if the web application is not actively used. Cookies can be found on disk, in the process memory of the browser, and in network traffic to remote systems. Additionally, other applications on the targets machine might store sensitive authentication cookies in memory (e.g. apps which authenticate to cloud services). Session cookies can be used to bypasses some multi-factor authentication protocols.(Citation: Pass The Cookie) There are several examples of malware targeting cookies from web browsers on the local system.(Citation: Kaspersky TajMahal April 2019)(Citation: Unit 42 Mac Crypto Cookies January 2019) There are also open source frameworks such as Evilginx 2 and Muraena that can gather session cookies through a malicious proxy (ex: Adversary-in-the-Middle) that can be set up by an adversary and used in phishing campaigns.(Citation: Github evilginx2)(Citation: GitHub Mauraena) After an adversary acquires a valid cookie, they can then perform a Web Session Cookie technique to login to the corresponding web application.
Procedure Examples |
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Name | Description |
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Grandoreiro |
Grandoreiro can steal the victim's cookies to use for duplicating the active session from another device.(Citation: IBM Grandoreiro April 2020) |
Evilnum |
Evilnum can steal cookies and session information from browsers.(Citation: ESET EvilNum July 2020) |
CookieMiner |
CookieMiner can steal Google Chrome and Apple Safari browser cookies from the victim’s machine. (Citation: Unit42 CookieMiner Jan 2019) |
QakBot |
QakBot has the ability to capture web session cookies.(Citation: Kroll Qakbot June 2020)(Citation: Kaspersky QakBot September 2021) |
EVILNUM |
EVILNUM can harvest cookies and upload them to the C2 server.(Citation: Prevailion EvilNum May 2020) |
Chaes |
Chaes has used a script that extracts the web session cookie and sends it to the C2 server.(Citation: Cybereason Chaes Nov 2020) |
BLUELIGHT |
BLUELIGHT can harvest cookies from Internet Explorer, Edge, Chrome, and Naver Whale browsers.(Citation: Volexity InkySquid BLUELIGHT August 2021) |
XCSSET |
XCSSET uses |
TajMahal |
TajMahal has the ability to steal web session cookies from Internet Explorer, Netscape Navigator, FireFox and RealNetworks applications.(Citation: Kaspersky TajMahal April 2019) |
APT29 |
APT29 has stolen Chrome browser cookies by copying the Chrome profile directories of targeted users.(Citation: CrowdStrike StellarParticle January 2022) |
Mitigations |
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Mitigation | Description |
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Software Configuration |
Implement configuration changes to software (other than the operating system) to mitigate security risks associated to how the software operates. |
Multi-factor Authentication |
Use two or more pieces of evidence to authenticate to a system; such as username and password in addition to a token from a physical smart card or token generator. |
User Training |
Train users to be aware of access or manipulation attempts by an adversary to reduce the risk of successful spearphishing, social engineering, and other techniques that involve user interaction. |
Detection
Monitor for attempts to access files and repositories on a local system that are used to store browser session cookies. Monitor for attempts by programs to inject into or dump browser process memory.
References
- Orrù, M., Trotta, G.. (2019, September 11). Muraena. Retrieved October 14, 2019.
- Gretzky, Kuba. (2019, April 10). Retrieved October 8, 2019.
- Chen, Y., Hu, W., Xu, Z., et. al. (2019, January 31). Mac Malware Steals Cryptocurrency Exchanges’ Cookies. Retrieved October 14, 2019.
- GReAT. (2019, April 10). Project TajMahal – a sophisticated new APT framework. Retrieved October 14, 2019.
- Rehberger, J. (2018, December). Pivot to the Cloud using Pass the Cookie. Retrieved April 5, 2019.
- Porolli, M. (2020, July 9). More evil: A deep look at Evilnum and its toolset. Retrieved January 22, 2021.
- Chen, y., et al. (2019, January 31). Mac Malware Steals Cryptocurrency Exchanges’ Cookies. Retrieved July 22, 2020.
- Mac Threat Response, Mobile Research Team. (2020, August 13). The XCSSET Malware: Inserts Malicious Code Into Xcode Projects, Performs UXSS Backdoor Planting in Safari, and Leverages Two Zero-day Exploits. Retrieved October 5, 2021.
- Kuzmenko, A. et al. (2021, September 2). QakBot technical analysis. Retrieved September 27, 2021.
- Sette, N. et al. (2020, June 4). Qakbot Malware Now Exfiltrating Emails for Sophisticated Thread Hijacking Attacks. Retrieved September 27, 2021.
- CrowdStrike. (2022, January 27). Early Bird Catches the Wormhole: Observations from the StellarParticle Campaign. Retrieved February 7, 2022.
- Adamitis, D. (2020, May 6). Phantom in the Command Shell. Retrieved December 22, 2021.
- Gretzky, K.. (2018, July 26). Evilginx 2 - Next Generation of Phishing 2FA Tokens. Retrieved October 14, 2019.
- Cash, D., Grunzweig, J., Meltzer, M., Adair, S., Lancaster, T. (2021, August 17). North Korean APT InkySquid Infects Victims Using Browser Exploits. Retrieved September 30, 2021.
- Abramov, D. (2020, April 13). Grandoreiro Malware Now Targeting Banks in Spain. Retrieved November 12, 2020.
- Salem, E. (2020, November 17). CHAES: Novel Malware Targeting Latin American E-Commerce. Retrieved June 30, 2021.
Связанные риски
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Раскрытие ключей (паролей) доступа из-за
возможности копирования файлов cookie веб-сеанса в браузере
Конфиденциальность
Повышение привилегий
Раскрытие информации
Подмена пользователя
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