SQLite Firefox Profile Data DB Access

Severity: high
Author: frack113
Source: upstream

Detect usage of the "sqlite" binary to query databases in Firefox and other Gecko-based browsers for potential data stealing.

MITRE ATT&CK coverage

Tactic	Techniques
Credential Access	`T1539` Steal Web Session Cookie
Collection	`T1005` Data from Local System

Event coverage

Provider	Event ID	Title
Sysmon	1	Process creation

Stages and Predicates

Stage 1: `all of selection_sql`

or:
Image|endswith: '\sqlite.exe'
Image|endswith: '\sqlite3.exe'
Product: SQLite

Stage 2: `all of selection_firefox`

or:
CommandLine|contains: cookies.sqlite
CommandLine|contains: places.sqlite

Indicators

Each row is a field, operator, and value that the rule matches. The corpus column counts how many other rules in the catalog look for the same combination: high numbers point to widely-used, community-vetted indicators. Blank or 1 shows that the indicator is specific to this rule.

Field	Kind	Values
`CommandLine`	match	`cookies.sqlite` corpus 2 (sigma 2) `places.sqlite` corpus 2 (sigma 2)
`Image`	ends_with	`\sqlite.exe` corpus 2 (sigma 2) `\sqlite3.exe` corpus 2 (sigma 2)
`Product`	eq	`SQLite` corpus 2 (sigma 2)