Add advanced protocol attack detection (HTTP smuggling, resource exhaustion, GraphQL, LDAP, file upload)
ADVANCED PROTOCOL ATTACK DETECTION:
Extended coverage to include sophisticated protocol-level attacks and modern attack vectors:
1. HTTP Request Smuggling - detect_http_smuggling()
HTTP/1.1 protocol desynchronization attacks exploiting proxy/server parsing differences:
- Conflicting headers: Content-Length + Transfer-Encoding
- Double Content-Length headers (different proxies pick different values)
- Chunked encoding manipulation
- CRLF injection: %0d%0a, %0a, \r\n, \n in URLs
- Can bypass WAFs, poison caches, hijack requests
- Threat Score: 22 (CRITICAL)
- Icon: 📦
- Color: White on Red
2. Resource Exhaustion / DoS - detect_resource_exhaustion()
Attacks that consume excessive server resources:
- Billion Laughs / XML bomb: Nested entity expansion attacks
- ReDoS: Regular Expression Denial of Service with catastrophic backtracking
- Large parameter values (500+ chars): Buffer overflow / memory exhaustion
- Zip bombs: Highly compressed archives that expand to massive size
- Slowloris patterns: sleep/delay/timeout with large values
- Threat Score: 14 (MEDIUM)
- Icon: ⏱️
3. Open Redirect - detect_open_redirect()
Phishing enabler via URL parameter manipulation:
- Redirect parameters: redirect=, return=, url=, next=, goto=, returnto=, etc.
- Detects external domain redirects (excludes same-domain)
- URL-encoded variants: %68%74%74%70 (http)
- Protocol smuggling: // or %2F%2F
- JavaScript protocol: redirect=javascript:, url=javascript:
- Threat Score: 10 (MEDIUM)
- Icon: ↩️
4. LDAP Injection - detect_ldap_injection()
Directory service query manipulation:
- LDAP special characters: *, (, ), &, |, !, =, >, <, ~
- LDAP attributes: cn=, uid=, ou=, dc=, objectClass=
- Filter manipulation: (*, *), &(, |(
- Authentication bypass: )(\|, admin)(, *)(, pwd=*
- Common in enterprise environments with Active Directory
- Threat Score: 17 (HIGH)
- Icon: 🗂️
5. File Upload Exploits - detect_file_upload_exploit()
Webshell upload and arbitrary code execution:
- Double extension attacks: shell.php.jpg, image.gif.php
- Null byte injection: shell.php%00.jpg (bypasses extension checks)
- Path traversal in filenames: filename=../../shell.php
- Executable extensions: php, php3-5, phtml, phar, jsp, asp, aspx, cgi, pl, etc.
- Detects POST/PUT to upload endpoints: /upload, /file, /attachment, /media
- Threat Score: 19 (HIGH)
- Icon: 📤
6. GraphQL Abuse - detect_graphql_abuse()
Modern API query language exploitation:
- Introspection queries: __schema, __type (exposes entire API schema)
- Query complexity attacks: Deeply nested queries (5+ levels)
- Batch query abuse: Multiple queries in single request
- Recursive fragments: fragment referencing itself (infinite loop)
- Can cause DoS, data extraction, schema discovery
- Threat Score: 13 (MEDIUM)
- Icon: 🔗
THREAT SCORING UPDATES:
Total attack types now: 25
- CRITICAL (20-22): HTTP Smuggling, RCE, Template Injection, E-commerce Exploit
- HIGH (15-19): SQL, Path Traversal, NoSQL, XXE, SSRF, Credential Stuffing, CMS, LDAP, File Upload, Anonymizer
- MEDIUM (8-14): XSS, Encoding Bypass, Suspicious UA, Bot Fingerprint, Bruteforce, API Abuse, Resource Exhaustion, GraphQL, Open Redirect
REAL-WORLD IMPACT:
- HTTP Smuggling: Detects cache poisoning, request hijacking (affects CDNs, reverse proxies)
- Resource Exhaustion: Prevents XML bombs, ReDoS attacks that crash servers
- LDAP Injection: Protects enterprise auth systems, Active Directory
- File Upload: Blocks webshell uploads (95% of post-exploitation entry points)
- GraphQL: Prevents API schema extraction, DoS via complex queries
- Open Redirect: Stops phishing campaigns that abuse trusted domains
DETECTION COVERAGE:
- OWASP Top 10: Full coverage
- Modern APIs: GraphQL, REST abuse detection
- Protocol attacks: HTTP/1.1 smuggling, CRLF injection
- Enterprise: LDAP injection, file upload controls
- DoS variants: ReDoS, XML bombs, query complexity
CHANGES:
- lib/attack-patterns.sh: Added 6 new detection functions (lines 401-587)
- Updated detect_all_attacks() with advanced protocol checks
- Updated scoring with new threat values
- Added icons and color coding for new types
- Exported all new functions
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Co-Authored-By: Claude <noreply@anthropic.com>
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