MIDAS

Metadata Inspection Database Alerting System

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This is a project to create a system to automate the inspection and databasing of all Meta data information contained within all files destined for an organization (generally via dumping the files which are attached to emails through the use of YARA, or BRO, but could also be automated via netwitness, other full pcap tool, or just to iterate through file servers looking for suspicious files). This tool will extract metadata, alert on badness scan with Yara, SSDEEP, and submit hashes to VirusTotal.

Alternatively, this can be used to look for heuristic anomalies in existing collections of files both malicious and benign.

MIDAS Requires:

Yara 1.6+
Yara Python 1.6+
MongoDB 2.0+
PyMongo 2.2+
Python 2.7
Exiftool 9.0+
PyExiftool

Optional if you want SSDeep fuzzy Hashing
SSDeep
Pydeep

This program uses PyExifData for extraction of metadata, and PyMongo to interface with a local Mongodb instance which will store the extracted data for later queries and tracking. Files and extracted metadata are also scanned by Yara and alerts are written out to logs, and along with MD5hashes and a SSDeep fuzzy hash are placed in the JSON which is sent to the Database. Latest Changes

Version .21a
Fully Refactored the codebase. Moved many args to the midas-settings.cfg file. Added VirusTotal functionality (Requires Premium API). Moved to a list of bad Metadata vs Yara Rules. Added Threads for multiprocessing to increase speed. Ability to slectivly database only files which alert on Metadata, Yara, or VirusTotal.
Version .11a
Added midas-settings.cfg file for database config and yararules/log file config, that way I can keep it in one place to make a tool to search that DB later, and it keeps the user out of the source of midas.py
Version .10a
Added full file yara scanning, this can be resource intensive if you have a lot of rules. (-f or -fullyara). It will alert to logs at warning level and push all alerts for a file into the DB in the JSON
Version .09a
Added SSDeep Fuzzy Hashing with (-S or -SSDeep) flag, saved in JSON to ['SSDeep'] Key. New dependencies: ssdeep/pyssdeep (if you dont want to use this you can just never use the flag and delete the include ssdeep from the head of midas.py)
Version .07a
Added ['YaraAlerts'] Key to Metadata JSON which will save the yara rule hits to the database entry for each file. Installation:

Install all of the prereqs listed above.
Place midas.py, midasdb.cfg, and midasyararules.yar in a directory which is NOT the path to be scanned.
Configure your DB Server / DB / Collection info inside of midas-settings.cfg (note it comes set up to connect to localhost:27017 DB = test Collection = metadata )
You can also set a YaraRules file and designate a log file in midas-settings.cfg (default is midasyararules.yar and midas.log) PROFIT!

• Currently the program works to extract exif data from all files in a given directory.
• It computes an MD5hash and time stamp for each file and add that to the JSON
• All Metadata will be checked against badmetalist.txt (or file of your selection, one entry per line) matches trigger alerts.
• Optional: Files SSDeep Scanned
• Optional: Files scanned with Yara (Hits result in an alert)
• Optional: Files scanned with VirusTotal (Hits result in an alert)
• It then adds the metadata in json format to a mongo DB collection of your chosing (selectivly only malicious files)
• It then has the ability to either (-d) delete or (-m) move files once scanned to a configurable destination.
• It will then pause 15 seconds (configurable or off (default)) and repeat this process with no further interaction, logging all DB Submissions (or only malicious, and file moves/deletes

Please contact me at chris@xenosec.org with any questions.

midas-settings.cfg

``` #Config File for MIDAS #DB info below: [midasdb] server: localhost port: 27017 db: test collection: metadata

#General Settings

[settings]

#Path to log file, default midas.log logs: midas.log

#Database data only on files who set off an alert (Yara/Metadata/Virustotal) (default: database data from all files) maliciousonly: False

#list of Malicious Metadata to Alert on badmetalist: badmetalist.txt

#Number of Processes to spawn to increase processing speed of samples threads: 4

#Sleep time in seconds if using internal loop to recurse over input directory (Set to 'off' to disable) sleep: off

#Perform ssdeep fuzzy hashing of files and store in DB ssdeep: True

#Scan the entriety of each file with Yara Rules fullyara: True yararules: midasyararules.yar

#Submit Hash of scanned file to VirusTotal Records Detections (Only hash is submitted requires Premium API Key) virustotal: False vtapikey: <----PREMIUM APIKEYHERE----->

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USAGE Example: 
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usage: midas.py [-h] [-d] [-m MOVE] Path

Metadata Inspection Database Alerting System

positional arguments: Path Path to directory of files to be scanned (Required)

optional arguments: -h, --help show this help message and exit -d, --delete Deletes files after scanning and extracting metadata (Default: False) -m MOVE, --move MOVE Where to move files to once scanned (Default: Files are Not Moved)

What you see at the CLI Upon Execute:
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python midas.py ../yaragenerator/greencat/

Scanning all files recursively with 4 threads from here: ../yaragenerator/greencat/ Logging all information to: midas.log Using Metadata Alert File: badmetalist.txt Using Yara Rule file: midasyararules.yar Files will not be moved after scanning. SSDeep fuzzy hashing is set to: True Full file Yara scanning is set to: True VirusTotal Hash Check is set to: False Only files which trigger an Alert or VT Hit will be submited to the Database Delete after scanning is set to: False

Created By: Chris Clark chris@xenosec.org https://github.com/xen0ph0n/MIDAS

Logs / Alerts Example:
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CRITICAL:root:2013:07:23 21:35:13: Bad Metadata Alert: EXE:OriginalFilename:SMAgent.exe MD5:871cc547feb9dbec0285321068e392b8 CRITICAL:root:2013:07:23 21:35:13: Yara Alert: [Win_Trojan_APT_APT1_Greencat] MD5: 871cc547feb9dbec0285321068e392b8 CRITICAL:root:2013:07:23 21:35:14: VirusTotal Alert: 38/46 Detections on 2013-07-06 03:27:48 MD5: 871cc547feb9dbec0285321068e392b8

Info Inserted into database:
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{ "_id" : "6570163cd34454b3d1476c134d44b9d9",

"EXE:FileSubtype" : 0, "EXE:OriginalFilename" : "SMAgent.exe", "md5" : "6570163cd34454b3d1476c134d44b9d9", "Metadata_Alerts" : "[Bad_Meta:EXE:OriginalFilenameSMAgent.exe]", "YaraAlerts" : "[Win_Trojan_APT_APT1_Greencat]", "VirusTotal" : "38/46 Detections on 2013-04-23 10:33:40", "File:DateTimeRecieved" : "2013:07:23 20:22:13", "EXE:InternalName" : "SMAgent", "EXE:ProductName" : "SoundMAX service agent", "File:MIMEType" : "application/octet-stream", "File:FileAccessDate" : "2013:07:23 20:22:13-04:00", "EXE:InitializedDataSize" : 6144, "File:FileModifyDate" : "2013:05:04 17:14:27-04:00", "EXE:CompanyName" : "Analog Devices, Inc.", "EXE:FileVersionNumber" : "3.2.6.0", "EXE:FileVersion" : "3,2,6,0", "File:FileSize" : 14336, "EXE:CharacterSet" : "04E4", "EXE:MachineType" : 332, "EXE:FileOS" : 262148, "EXE:LegalTrademarks" : "", "EXE:ProductVersion" : "3,2,6,0", "EXE:ObjectFileType" : 1, "EXE:PrivateBuild" : "", "File:FileType" : "Win32 EXE", "EXE:UninitializedDataSize" : 0, "File:FileName" : "c196cac319e5c55e8169b6ed6930a10359b3db322abe8f00ed8cb83cf0888d3b", "EXE:ImageVersion" : 0, "EXE:SpecialBuild" : "", "EXE:OSVersion" : 4, "EXE:PEType" : 267, "EXE:TimeStamp" : "2010:10:21 02:51:09-04:00", "EXE:FileFlagsMask" : 63, "EXE:LegalCopyright" : "Copyright ? 2002", "EXE:LinkerVersion" : 6, "EXE:FileFlags" : 0, "EXE:Subsystem" : 2, "EXE:FileDescription" : "SoundMAX service agent component", "EXE:EntryPoint" : 10940, "EXE:SubsystemVersion" : 4, "EXE:CodeSize" : 7680, "EXE:Comments" : "", "File:FileInodeChangeDate" : "2013:05:04 17:14:27-04:00", "EXE:LanguageCode" : "0409", "SSDeep" : "384:nenM1a3iNIusg21SNdhBN6uh1HbLu2Jxkd:nen4/IuPbNNN3HzTkd", "EXE:ProductVersionNumber" : "3.2.6.0" }

{ "_id" : "57e79f7df13c0cb01910d0c688fcd296", "EXE:FileSubtype" : 0, "EXE:OriginalFilename" : "SMAgent.exe", "md5" : "57e79f7df13c0cb01910d0c688fcd296", "Metadata_Alerts" : "[Bad_Meta:EXE:OriginalFilenameSMAgent.exe]", "YaraAlerts" : "[Win_Trojan_APT_APT1_Greencat]", "VirusTotal" : "40/46 Detections on 2013-04-23 10:26:13", "File:DateTimeRecieved" : "2013:07:23 20:30:09", "EXE:InternalName" : "SMAgent", "EXE:ProductName" : "SoundMAX service agent", "File:MIMEType" : "application/octet-stream", "File:FileAccessDate" : "2013:07:23 20:30:09-04:00", "EXE:InitializedDataSize" : 5632, "File:FileModifyDate" : "2013:05:04 17:14:10-04:00", "EXE:CompanyName" : "Analog Devices, Inc.", "EXE:FileVersionNumber" : "3.2.6.0", "EXE:FileVersion" : "3, 2, 6, 0", "File:FileSize" : 14336, "EXE:CharacterSet" : "04E4", "EXE:MachineType" : 332, "EXE:FileOS" : 262148, "EXE:LegalTrademarks" : "", "EXE:ProductVersion" : "3, 2, 6, 0", "EXE:ObjectFileType" : 1, "EXE:PrivateBuild" : "", "File:FileType" : "Win32 EXE", "EXE:UninitializedDataSize" : 0, "File:FileName" : "3.exe", "EXE:ImageVersion" : 0, "EXE:SpecialBuild" : "", "EXE:OSVersion" : 4, "EXE:PEType" : 267, "EXE:TimeStamp" : "2011:11:17 02:22:44-05:00", "EXE:FileFlagsMask" : 63, "EXE:LegalCopyright" : "Copyright ? 2002", "EXE:LinkerVersion" : 6, "EXE:FileFlags" : 0, "EXE:Subsystem" : 2, "EXE:FileDescription" : "SoundMAX service agent component", "EXE:EntryPoint" : 10927, "EXE:SubsystemVersion" : 4, "EXE:CodeSize" : 7680, "EXE:Comments" : "", "File:FileInodeChangeDate" : "2013:05:04 17:14:10-04:00", "EXE:LanguageCode" : "0409", "SSDeep" : "192:atM4PNAjfK0jbbRClEw8CmwxvsENQsPQUeqsP1oyng6Lu4/JxxfnDsPsVL2:atTFiK0tCNmcvsEexUa1JLu2Jxnh", "EXE:ProductVersionNumber" : "3.2.6.0" }

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Copyright & License Info:
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MIDAS is copyrighted by Chris Clark 2013. 
Contact me at Chris@xenosys.org

MIDAS is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.

MIDAS is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more details.

You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with MIDAS. If not, see http://www.gnu.org/licenses/.