# Mobile Verification Toolkit (MVT) # Copyright (c) 2021-2022 Claudio Guarnieri. # Use of this software is governed by the MVT License 1.1 that can be found at # https://license.mvt.re/1.1/ import json import logging import os from appdirs import user_data_dir from .url import URL MVT_DATA_FOLDER = user_data_dir("mvt") MVT_INDICATORS_FOLDER = os.path.join(MVT_DATA_FOLDER, "indicators") class Indicators: """This class is used to parse indicators from a STIX2 file and provide functions to compare extracted artifacts to the indicators. """ def __init__(self, log=logging.Logger) -> None: self.log = log self.ioc_collections = [] self.total_ioc_count = 0 def _load_downloaded_indicators(self) -> None: if not os.path.isdir(MVT_INDICATORS_FOLDER): return for ioc_file_name in os.listdir(MVT_INDICATORS_FOLDER): if ioc_file_name.lower().endswith(".stix2"): self.parse_stix2(os.path.join(MVT_INDICATORS_FOLDER, ioc_file_name)) def _check_stix2_env_variable(self) -> None: """ Checks if a variable MVT_STIX2 contains path to a STIX files. """ if "MVT_STIX2" not in os.environ: return paths = os.environ["MVT_STIX2"].split(":") for path in paths: if os.path.isfile(path): self.parse_stix2(path) else: self.log.error("Path specified with env MVT_STIX2 is not a valid file: %s", path) def _new_collection(self, cid: str = "", name: str = "", description: str = "", file_name: str = "", file_path: str = "") -> dict: return { "id": cid, "name": name, "description": description, "stix2_file_name": file_name, "stix2_file_path": file_path, "domains": [], "processes": [], "emails": [], "file_names": [], "file_paths": [], "files_sha256": [], "app_ids": [], "ios_profile_ids": [], "count": 0, } def _add_indicator(self, ioc: str, ioc_coll: dict, ioc_coll_list: list) -> None: ioc = ioc.strip("'") if ioc not in ioc_coll_list: ioc_coll_list.append(ioc) ioc_coll["count"] += 1 self.total_ioc_count += 1 def parse_stix2(self, file_path: str) -> None: """Extract indicators from a STIX2 file. :param file_path: Path to the STIX2 file to parse :type file_path: str """ self.log.info("Parsing STIX2 indicators file at path %s", file_path) with open(file_path, "r", encoding="utf-8") as handle: try: data = json.load(handle) except json.decoder.JSONDecodeError: self.log.critical("Unable to parse STIX2 indicator file. " "The file is corrupted or in the wrong format!") return malware = {} indicators = [] relationships = [] for entry in data.get("objects", []): entry_type = entry.get("type", "") if entry_type == "malware": malware[entry["id"]] = { "name": entry["name"], "description": entry.get("description", ""), } elif entry_type == "indicator": indicators.append(entry) elif entry_type == "relationship": relationships.append(entry) collections = [] for mal_id, mal_values in malware.items(): collection = self._new_collection(mal_id, mal_values.get("name"), mal_values.get("description"), os.path.basename(file_path), file_path) collections.append(collection) # We loop through all indicators. for indicator in indicators: malware_id = None # We loop through all relationships and find the one pertinent to # the current indicator. for relationship in relationships: if relationship["source_ref"] != indicator["id"]: continue # Look for a malware definition with the correct identifier. if relationship["target_ref"] in malware.keys(): malware_id = relationship["target_ref"] break # Now we look for the correct collection matching the malware ID we # got from the relationship. for collection in collections: if collection["id"] != malware_id: continue key, value = indicator.get("pattern", "").strip("[]").split("=") if key == "domain-name:value": # We force domain names to lower case. self._add_indicator(ioc=value.lower(), ioc_coll=collection, ioc_coll_list=collection["domains"]) elif key == "process:name": self._add_indicator(ioc=value, ioc_coll=collection, ioc_coll_list=collection["processes"]) elif key == "email-addr:value": # We force email addresses to lower case. self._add_indicator(ioc=value.lower(), ioc_coll=collection, ioc_coll_list=collection["emails"]) elif key == "file:name": self._add_indicator(ioc=value, ioc_coll=collection, ioc_coll_list=collection["file_names"]) elif key == "file:path": self._add_indicator(ioc=value, ioc_coll=collection, ioc_coll_list=collection["file_paths"]) elif key == "file:hashes.sha256": self._add_indicator(ioc=value, ioc_coll=collection, ioc_coll_list=collection["files_sha256"]) elif key == "app:id": self._add_indicator(ioc=value, ioc_coll=collection, ioc_coll_list=collection["app_ids"]) elif key == "configuration-profile:id": self._add_indicator(ioc=value, ioc_coll=collection, ioc_coll_list=collection["ios_profile_ids"]) break for coll in collections: self.log.info("Extracted %d indicators for collection with name \"%s\"", coll["count"], coll["name"]) self.ioc_collections.extend(collections) def load_indicators_files(self, files: list, load_default: bool = True) -> None: """ Load a list of indicators files. """ for file_path in files: if os.path.isfile(file_path): self.parse_stix2(file_path) else: self.log.warning("No indicators file exists at path %s", file_path) # Load downloaded indicators and any indicators from env variable. if load_default: self._load_downloaded_indicators() self._check_stix2_env_variable() self.log.info("Loaded a total of %d unique indicators", self.total_ioc_count) def get_iocs(self, ioc_type: str) -> dict: for ioc_collection in self.ioc_collections: for ioc in ioc_collection.get(ioc_type, []): yield { "value": ioc, "type": ioc_type, "name": ioc_collection["name"], "stix2_file_name": ioc_collection["stix2_file_name"], } def check_domain(self, url: str) -> dict: """Check if a given URL matches any of the provided domain indicators. :param url: URL to match against domain indicators :type url: str :returns: Indicator details if matched, otherwise None """ # TODO: If the IOC domain contains a subdomain, it is not currently # being matched. if not url: return None try: # First we use the provided URL. orig_url = URL(url) if orig_url.check_if_shortened(): # If it is, we try to retrieve the actual URL making an # HTTP HEAD request. unshortened = orig_url.unshorten() # self.log.info("Found a shortened URL %s -> %s", # url, unshortened) # Now we check for any nested URL shorteners. dest_url = URL(unshortened) if dest_url.check_if_shortened(): # self.log.info("Original URL %s appears to shorten another shortened URL %s ... checking!", # orig_url.url, dest_url.url) return self.check_domain(dest_url.url) final_url = dest_url else: # If it's not shortened, we just use the original URL object. final_url = orig_url except Exception: # If URL parsing failed, we just try to do a simple substring # match. for ioc in self.get_iocs("domains"): if ioc["value"].lower() in url: self.log.warning("Maybe found a known suspicious domain %s matching indicators from \"%s\"", url, ioc["name"]) return ioc # If nothing matched, we can quit here. return None # If all parsing worked, we start walking through available domain indicators. for ioc in self.get_iocs("domains"): # First we check the full domain. if final_url.domain.lower() == ioc["value"]: if orig_url.is_shortened and orig_url.url != final_url.url: self.log.warning("Found a known suspicious domain %s shortened as %s matching indicators from \"%s\"", final_url.url, orig_url.url, ioc["name"]) else: self.log.warning("Found a known suspicious domain %s matching indicators from \"%s\"", final_url.url, ioc["name"]) return ioc # Then we just check the top level domain. if final_url.top_level.lower() == ioc["value"]: if orig_url.is_shortened and orig_url.url != final_url.url: self.log.warning("Found a sub-domain with suspicious top level %s shortened as %s matching indicators from \"%s\"", final_url.url, orig_url.url, ioc["name"]) else: self.log.warning("Found a sub-domain with a suspicious top level %s matching indicators from \"%s\"", final_url.url, ioc["name"]) return ioc def check_domains(self, urls: list) -> dict: """Check a list of URLs against the provided list of domain indicators. :param urls: List of URLs to check against domain indicators :type urls: list :returns: Indicator details if matched, otherwise None """ if not urls: return None for url in urls: check = self.check_domain(url) if check: return check def check_process(self, process: str) -> dict: """Check the provided process name against the list of process indicators. :param process: Process name to check against process indicators :type process: str :returns: Indicator details if matched, otherwise None """ if not process: return None proc_name = os.path.basename(process) for ioc in self.get_iocs("processes"): if proc_name == ioc["value"]: self.log.warning("Found a known suspicious process name \"%s\" matching indicators from \"%s\"", process, ioc["name"]) return ioc if len(proc_name) == 16: if ioc["value"].startswith(proc_name): self.log.warning("Found a truncated known suspicious process name \"%s\" matching indicators from \"%s\"", process, ioc["name"]) return ioc def check_processes(self, processes: list) -> dict: """Check the provided list of processes against the list of process indicators. :param processes: List of processes to check against process indicators :type processes: list :returns: Indicator details if matched, otherwise None """ if not processes: return None for process in processes: check = self.check_process(process) if check: return check def check_email(self, email: str) -> dict: """Check the provided email against the list of email indicators. :param email: Email address to check against email indicators :type email: str :returns: Indicator details if matched, otherwise None """ if not email: return None for ioc in self.get_iocs("emails"): if email.lower() == ioc["value"].lower(): self.log.warning("Found a known suspicious email address \"%s\" matching indicators from \"%s\"", email, ioc["name"]) return ioc def check_file_name(self, file_name: str) -> dict: """Check the provided file name against the list of file indicators. :param file_name: File name to check against file indicators :type file_name: str :returns: Indicator details if matched, otherwise None """ if not file_name: return None for ioc in self.get_iocs("file_names"): if ioc["value"] == file_name: self.log.warning("Found a known suspicious file name \"%s\" matching indicators from \"%s\"", file_name, ioc["name"]) return ioc def check_file_path(self, file_path: str) -> dict: """Check the provided file path against the list of file indicators (both path and name). :param file_path: File path or file name to check against file indicators :type file_path: str :returns: Indicator details if matched, otherwise None """ if not file_path: return None ioc = self.check_file_name(os.path.basename(file_path)) if ioc: return ioc for ioc in self.get_iocs("file_paths"): # Strip any trailing slash from indicator paths to match directories. if file_path.startswith(ioc["value"].rstrip("/")): self.log.warning("Found a known suspicious file path \"%s\" matching indicators form \"%s\"", file_path, ioc["name"]) return ioc def check_profile(self, profile_uuid: str) -> dict: """Check the provided configuration profile UUID against the list of indicators. :param profile_uuid: Profile UUID to check against configuration profile indicators :type profile_uuid: str :returns: Indicator details if matched, otherwise None """ if not profile_uuid: return None for ioc in self.get_iocs("ios_profile_ids"): if profile_uuid in ioc["value"]: self.log.warning("Found a known suspicious profile ID \"%s\" matching indicators from \"%s\"", profile_uuid, ioc["name"]) return ioc def check_file_hash(self, file_hash: str) -> dict: """Check the provided SHA256 file hash against the list of indicators. :param file_hash: SHA256 hash to check :type file_hash: str :returns: Indicator details if matched, otherwise None """ if not file_hash: return None for ioc in self.get_iocs("files_sha256"): if file_hash.lower() == ioc["value"].lower(): self.log.warning("Found a known suspicious file with hash \"%s\" matching indicators from \"%s\"", file_hash, ioc["name"]) return ioc def check_app_id(self, app_id: str) -> dict: """Check the provided app identifier (typically an Android package name) against the list of indicators. :param app_id: App ID to check against the list of indicators :type app_id: str :returns: Indicator details if matched, otherwise None """ if not app_id: return None for ioc in self.get_iocs("app_ids"): if app_id.lower() == ioc["value"].lower(): self.log.warning("Found a known suspicious app with ID \"%s\" matching indicators from \"%s\"", app_id, ioc["name"]) return ioc