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Cowrie SSH Honeypot - Detect

ID: cowrie-ssh-honeypot-detect

Severity: info

Author: UnaPibaGeek

Tags: cowrie,twisted,ssh,honeypot,ir,cti,network,tcp

Description

Section titled “Description”

A Cowrie (or Twisted) SSH honeypot has been identified.The response to a wrong SSH version differs from real installations, signaling a possible deceptive setup.

YAML Source

Section titled “YAML Source”
id: cowrie-ssh-honeypot-detect


info:
  name: Cowrie SSH Honeypot - Detect
  author: UnaPibaGeek
  severity: info
  description: |
    A Cowrie (or Twisted) SSH honeypot has been identified.
    The response to a wrong SSH version differs from real installations, signaling a possible deceptive setup.
  metadata:
    max-request: 1
    vendor: cowrie
    product: ssh
  tags: cowrie,twisted,ssh,honeypot,ir,cti,network,tcp
tcp:
  - inputs:
      - data: "SSH-1337-OpenSSH_9.0\r\n"


    host:
      - '{{Hostname}}'
    port: 22


    matchers-condition: and
    matchers:
      - type: regex
        part: body
        regex:
          - 'SSH\-([0-9.-A-Za-z_ ]+)'


      - type: word
        words:
          - Protocol major versions differ.
          - bad version 1337
        condition: or
# digest: 4a0a004730450220510ac244dcd25a1b3001d3a376a3aa1b56e7809e8871af50d112b54a313ec2cd0221009ba69954e5a654abc3d8986d98342d15b903f8e3e4b5df1240fd80cf8f792fa2:922c64590222798bb761d5b6d8e72950

Guide to check the vulnerabilities

Section titled “Guide to check the vulnerabilities”

This template is used to detect vulnerabilities in web applications. It can be used with the Nuclei tool to scan for specific patterns or behaviors.

Terminal window
$ nuclei -u "URL" -t "network/honeypot/cowrie-ssh-honeypot-detect.yaml"

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