"""Security desk: SSH brute-force triage and first-match firewall rules.""" import ipaddress import random from ..grading import Part from .base import Instance, csv_text USERS = ["alice", "bob", "carol", "dave", "erin", "frank", "deploy", "backup"] PROBE_USERS = ["root", "admin", "test", "oracle", "ubuntu", "postgres", "git"] def _ext_ip(rng): net = rng.choice(["203.0.113", "198.51.100", "192.0.2", "100.64.7", "45.83.12"]) return f"{net}.{rng.randrange(2, 254)}" def _int_ip(rng): return f"10.{rng.randrange(0, 4)}.{rng.randrange(0, 255)}.{rng.randrange(2, 254)}" def _fmt(seconds): return f"{seconds // 3600:02d}:{seconds % 3600 // 60:02d}:{seconds % 60:02d}" def auth_log(rng: random.Random, level: int, task_id: str) -> Instance: while True: inst = _auth_once(rng, level, task_id) if inst is not None: return inst def _auth_once(rng, level, task_id): threshold = {1: 5, 2: 5, 3: rng.choice([4, 5, 6])}[level] window_min = {1: 10, 2: 10, 3: rng.choice([5, 10, 15])}[level] host = rng.choice(["web01", "bastion", "db-02", "gw1"]) events = [] # (seconds, kind, user, ip) start = rng.randrange(1 * 3600, 20 * 3600) def failures(ip, count, t0, spacing, users): t = t0 for _ in range(count): user = rng.choice(users) kind = "invalid" if user in PROBE_USERS and rng.random() < 0.6 else "fail" events.append((t, kind, user, ip)) t += rng.randrange(*spacing) return t used_ips = set() def fresh(maker): while True: ip = maker(rng) if ip not in used_ips: used_ips.add(ip) return ip # The real compromise. attacker = fresh(_ext_ip) victim = rng.choice(USERS) t_attack = start + rng.randrange(600, 5400) n_fail = threshold + rng.randrange(0, 4) burst = max(5, (window_min * 60 - 30) // (n_fail + 1)) t = failures(attacker, n_fail, t_attack, (5, burst), PROBE_USERS + [victim]) success_t = t + rng.randrange(3, 20) if success_t - t_attack >= window_min * 60: return None events.append((success_t, "accept", victim, attacker)) # Benign logins from inside the network. for _ in range({1: 4, 2: 5, 3: 6}[level]): user = rng.choice(USERS) ip = fresh(_int_ip) t0 = start + rng.randrange(0, 7200) if rng.random() < 0.4: events.append((t0, "fail", user, ip)) t0 += rng.randrange(5, 40) events.append((t0, "accept", user, ip)) allowlist = [] if level >= 2: # Noisy IP that never gets in. failures(fresh(_ext_ip), threshold + 3, start + rng.randrange(0, 6000), (2, 30), PROBE_USERS) # A real user who mistypes a few times, below the threshold, from outside. ip = fresh(_ext_ip) user = rng.choice([u for u in USERS if u != victim]) t = failures(ip, threshold - 1, start + rng.randrange(0, 6000), (8, 40), [user]) events.append((t + 10, "accept", user, ip)) if level == 3: # An allowlisted scanner that fails a lot and then succeeds. scanner = fresh(_ext_ip) allowlist.append(scanner) t = failures(scanner, threshold + 2, start + rng.randrange(0, 6000), (2, 20), PROBE_USERS) events.append((t + 5, "accept", "backup", scanner)) # A slow guesser: enough failures in total, but spread over more than the window. slow = fresh(_ext_ip) t0 = start + rng.randrange(0, 4000) gap = window_min * 60 // (threshold - 2) + 20 t = t0 for _ in range(threshold + 1): events.append((t, "fail", rng.choice(USERS), slow)) t += gap events.append((t, "accept", rng.choice(USERS), slow)) events.sort() # Verify the ground truth by brute force over the final log. allowed = set(allowlist) hits = [] for when, kind, user, ip in events: if kind != "accept" or ip in allowed: continue recent = [e for e in events if e[3] == ip and e[1] in ("fail", "invalid") and when - window_min * 60 <= e[0] < when] if len(recent) >= threshold: hits.append((when, user, ip)) if len(hits) != 1 or hits[0][2] != attacker: return None if len({e[0] for e in events}) != len(events): return None lines = [] for when, kind, user, ip in events: if kind == "accept": msg = f"Accepted password for {user} from {ip}" elif kind == "invalid": msg = f"Failed password for invalid user {user} from {ip}" else: msg = f"Failed password for {user} from {ip}" lines.append(f"{_fmt(when)} {host} sshd: {msg}") files = {"auth.log": "\n".join(lines) + "\n"} rules = ["# Triage rule", f"- A compromise is an 'Accepted' login from an IP that had at least {threshold} failed attempts " f"(any user, including invalid users) from that same IP in the {window_min} minutes before the accepted login."] if level == 3: files["allowlist.txt"] = "\n".join(allowlist) + "\n" rules.append("- IPs in allowlist.txt are internal scanners: never report them.") rules.append("- Exactly one compromise is present.") files["triage_rule.md"] = "\n".join(rules) + "\n" question = "Find the compromise in auth.log: report (1) the source IP, (2) the account that was logged into, and (3) the time of the accepted login." parts = [Part("ip", "text", attacker, '""'), Part("user", "text", victim, '""'), Part("time", "text", _fmt(success_t), '"HH:MM:SS"')] return Instance(task_id, "cybersecurity", question, files, parts, max_steps=10) # ---------------------------------------------------------------- firewall def _net_pool(rng, level): prefixes = {1: [8, 16, 24], 2: [16, 24, 24, 28], 3: [12, 20, 22, 26, 27, 29]}[level] nets = [] for _ in range(6): plen = rng.choice(prefixes) base = ipaddress.ip_address(rng.choice([ f"10.{rng.randrange(256)}.{rng.randrange(256)}.{rng.randrange(256)}", f"172.{rng.randrange(16, 32)}.{rng.randrange(256)}.{rng.randrange(256)}", f"192.168.{rng.randrange(256)}.{rng.randrange(256)}", ])) nets.append(ipaddress.ip_network(f"{base}/{plen}", strict=False)) return nets def _port_spec(rng, level): roll = rng.random() if roll < 0.25: return "any" if level >= 2 and roll < 0.5: lo = rng.choice([1000, 2000, 3000, 8000, 5000]) return f"{lo}-{lo + rng.choice([99, 499, 999])}" return str(rng.choice([22, 53, 80, 123, 443, 3306, 5432, 8080])) def _port_matches(spec, port): if spec == "any": return True if "-" in spec: lo, hi = map(int, spec.split("-")) return lo <= port <= hi return int(spec) == port def _addr_matches(spec, addr): return spec == "any" or ipaddress.ip_address(addr) in ipaddress.ip_network(spec) def _sample_in(rng, net): return str(net.network_address + rng.randrange(net.num_addresses)) def _near_miss(rng, net): # An address just outside the network, which naive prefix reading may misjudge. side = rng.choice([-1, 1]) edge = net.network_address - 1 - rng.randrange(0, 3) if side < 0 else net.broadcast_address + 1 + rng.randrange(0, 3) return str(edge) def firewall(rng: random.Random, level: int, task_id: str) -> Instance: while True: inst = _firewall_once(rng, level, task_id) if inst is not None: return inst def _firewall_once(rng, level, task_id): n_rules = {1: 4, 2: 6, 3: 8}[level] n_packets = {1: 5, 2: 7, 3: 9}[level] protos = ["tcp", "udp"] + (["any"] if level == 3 else []) nets = _net_pool(rng, level) rules = [] for idx in range(n_rules): rules.append({ "num": (idx + 1) * 10, "action": rng.choice(["allow", "deny"]) if idx else "allow", "proto": rng.choice(protos), "src": rng.choice([str(n) for n in nets] + ["any"]), "dst": rng.choice([str(n) for n in nets]), "port": _port_spec(rng, level), }) def decide(pkt): for r in rules: if ((r["proto"] == "any" or r["proto"] == pkt["proto"]) and _addr_matches(r["src"], pkt["src"]) and _addr_matches(r["dst"], pkt["dst"]) and _port_matches(r["port"], pkt["port"])): return r["action"], str(r["num"]) return "deny", "default" packets = [] for i in range(n_packets): rule = rng.choice(rules) proto = rule["proto"] if rule["proto"] != "any" else rng.choice(["tcp", "udp"]) src_net = ipaddress.ip_network(rule["src"]) if rule["src"] != "any" else rng.choice(nets) dst_net = ipaddress.ip_network(rule["dst"]) src = _sample_in(rng, src_net) dst = _near_miss(rng, dst_net) if level >= 2 and rng.random() < 0.3 else _sample_in(rng, dst_net) spec = rule["port"] if spec == "any": port = rng.choice([22, 80, 443, 8443, 3389, 25]) elif "-" in spec: lo, hi = map(int, spec.split("-")) port = rng.choice([lo, hi, rng.randrange(lo, hi + 1), hi + 1]) else: port = int(spec) if rng.random() < 0.15: proto = "udp" if proto == "tcp" else "tcp" packets.append({"id": f"P{i + 1}", "proto": proto, "src": src, "dst": dst, "port": port}) verdicts = {p["id"]: decide(p) for p in packets} allowed = sorted((pid for pid, (act, _) in verdicts.items() if act == "allow"), key=lambda s: int(s[1:])) if not (1 <= len(allowed) <= n_packets - 1): return None deciders = {v[1] for v in verdicts.values()} if len(deciders) < 3: return None # Ask about a packet that is not decided by the first rule it superficially resembles. query = rng.choice([p["id"] for p in packets if verdicts[p["id"]][1] != "10"] or [packets[0]["id"]]) rule_lines = ["# Firewall policy (evaluated top to bottom; the first matching rule decides; no match = deny)"] for r in rules: rule_lines.append(f"rule {r['num']}: {r['action']} proto {r['proto']} from {r['src']} to {r['dst']} port {r['port']}") files = { "rules.txt": "\n".join(rule_lines) + "\n", "packets.csv": csv_text(["id", "proto", "src", "dst", "dst_port"], [[p["id"], p["proto"], p["src"], p["dst"], p["port"]] for p in packets]), } question = (f"Apply rules.txt to every packet in packets.csv. Report (1) the ids of all allowed packets and " f"(2) which rule decides packet {query} (its rule number, or \"default\" if no rule matches).") parts = [Part("allowed", "items", allowed, '["P1", ...]'), Part("deciding_rule", "rule", verdicts[query][1], '""')] return Instance(task_id, "cybersecurity", question, files, parts, max_steps=8)