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195.178.110.217

Sensor
hp-use-01
Source
cowrie
Status
triaged
Event time
Received

Verdict

S4successful_intrusionConfidence 97%Escalate: yes

Reasoning

A successful SSH login occurred using weak default-style credentials (root/123), which constitutes a foothold on the honeypot. Tool output confirms there were no post-login commands and no download/upload activity, so there is no evidence of malware delivery or persistence. This fits successful_intrusion with limited attacker progress beyond authentication.

Recommended action

Escalate as a confirmed foothold; retain session artifacts, block or monitor the source IP, and review for related successful logins using weak credentials.

Routing

Primary model
gpt-4o-mini
Final model
gpt-5.4
Escalated to strong model
yes
Prompt version
triage-v4
Input tokens
4,637
Output tokens
260
Cost
$0.005953
Latency
6,448 ms
Verdict at
2026-09-16 14:36:03Z

Tool trace

  1. 0. get_session_commands· 0 ms

    Arguments
    {
  "session_id": "470e1d984f40"
}
    Result
    {
  "commands": [],
  "downloads": [],
  "session_id": "470e1d984f40",
  "command_count": 0,
  "download_count": 0,
  "clipped_commands": 0,
  "commands_truncated": false,
  "downloads_truncated": false
}
Raw session JSON
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      "uuid": "28d6f35e-aed5-11f1-a29a-0242ac120002",
      "input": null,
      "dst_ip": "172.18.0.2",
      "sensor": "hp-use-01",
      "shasum": null,
      "src_ip": "195.178.110.217",
      "eventid": "cowrie.session.connect",
      "message": "New connection: 195.178.110.217:40578 (172.18.0.2:2222) [session: 470e1d984f40]",
      "outfile": null,
      "session": "470e1d984f40",
      "version": null,
      "dst_port": 2222,
      "password": null,
      "protocol": "ssh",
      "src_port": 40578,
      "username": null,
      "timestamp": "2026-09-16T14:35:46.165060Z",
      "duration_ms": null
    },
    {
      "url": null,
      "uuid": "28d6f35e-aed5-11f1-a29a-0242ac120002",
      "input": null,
      "dst_ip": "172.18.0.2",
      "sensor": "hp-use-01",
      "shasum": null,
      "src_ip": "195.178.110.217",
      "eventid": "cowrie.client.version",
      "message": "Remote SSH version: SSH-2.0-Go",
      "outfile": null,
      "session": "470e1d984f40",
      "version": "SSH-2.0-Go",
      "dst_port": 2222,
      "password": null,
      "protocol": "ssh",
      "src_port": 40578,
      "username": null,
      "timestamp": "2026-09-16T14:35:46.663000Z",
      "duration_ms": null
    },
    {
      "url": null,
      "uuid": "28d6f35e-aed5-11f1-a29a-0242ac120002",
      "encCS": [
        "aes128-ctr",
        "aes192-ctr",
        "aes256-ctr",
        "aes128-gcm@openssh.com",
        "aes256-gcm@openssh.com",
        "chacha20-poly1305@openssh.com",
        "arcfour256",
        "arcfour128",
        "arcfour",
        "3des-cbc",
        "aes128-cbc"
      ],
      "hassh": "2ec37a7cc8daf20b10e1ad6221061ca5",
      "input": null,
      "macCS": [
        "hmac-sha2-256-etm@openssh.com",
        "hmac-sha2-512-etm@openssh.com",
        "hmac-sha2-256",
        "hmac-sha2-512",
        "hmac-sha1",
        "hmac-sha1-96"
      ],
      "compCS": [
        "none"
      ],
      "dst_ip": "172.18.0.2",
      "langCS": [
        ""
      ],
      "sensor": "hp-use-01",
      "shasum": null,
      "src_ip": "195.178.110.217",
      "eventid": "cowrie.client.kex",
      "kexAlgs": [
        "curve25519-sha256@libssh.org",
        "ecdh-sha2-nistp256",
        "ecdh-sha2-nistp384",
        "ecdh-sha2-nistp521",
        "diffie-hellman-group-exchange-sha256",
        "diffie-hellman-group-exchange-sha1",
        "diffie-hellman-group16-sha512",
        "diffie-hellman-group14-sha256",
        "diffie-hellman-group14-sha1",
        "diffie-hellman-group1-sha1",
        "ext-info-c",
        "kex-strict-c-v00@openssh.com"
      ],
      "keyAlgs": [
        "ssh-rsa",
        "rsa-sha2-256",
        "rsa-sha2-512",
        "ssh-dss",
        "ecdsa-sha2-nistp256",
        "ecdsa-sha2-nistp384",
        "ecdsa-sha2-nistp521",
        "ssh-ed25519"
      ],
      "message": "SSH client hassh fingerprint: 2ec37a7cc8daf20b10e1ad6221061ca5",
      "outfile": null,
      "session": "470e1d984f40",
      "version": null,
      "dst_port": 2222,
      "password": null,
      "protocol": "ssh",
      "src_port": 40578,
      "username": null,
      "timestamp": "2026-09-16T14:35:46.663438Z",
      "duration_ms": null,
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    },
    {
      "url": null,
      "uuid": "28d6f35e-aed5-11f1-a29a-0242ac120002",
      "input": null,
      "dst_ip": "172.18.0.2",
      "sensor": "hp-use-01",
      "shasum": null,
      "src_ip": "195.178.110.217",
      "eventid": "cowrie.login.success",
      "message": "login attempt [root/123] succeeded",
      "outfile": null,
      "session": "470e1d984f40",
      "version": null,
      "dst_port": 2222,
      "password": "123",
      "protocol": "ssh",
      "src_port": 40578,
      "username": "root",
      "timestamp": "2026-09-16T14:35:49.333319Z",
      "duration_ms": null
    },
    {
      "url": null,
      "uuid": "28d6f35e-aed5-11f1-a29a-0242ac120002",
      "input": null,
      "width": 58,
      "dst_ip": "172.18.0.2",
      "height": 92,
      "sensor": "hp-use-01",
      "shasum": null,
      "src_ip": "195.178.110.217",
      "eventid": "cowrie.client.size",
      "message": "Terminal Size: 58 92",
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      "session": "470e1d984f40",
      "version": null,
      "dst_port": 2222,
      "password": null,
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      "username": null,
      "timestamp": "2026-09-16T14:35:52.751034Z",
      "duration_ms": null
    },
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      "url": null,
      "uuid": "28d6f35e-aed5-11f1-a29a-0242ac120002",
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      "sensor": "hp-use-01",
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      "eventid": "cowrie.client.size",
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      "session": "470e1d984f40",
      "version": null,
      "dst_port": 2222,
      "password": null,
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      "username": null,
      "timestamp": "2026-09-16T14:35:54.782972Z",
      "duration_ms": null
    },
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      "url": null,
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      "input": null,
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      "dst_ip": "172.18.0.2",
      "height": 80,
      "sensor": "hp-use-01",
      "shasum": null,
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      "eventid": "cowrie.client.size",
      "message": "Terminal Size: 51 80",
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      "session": "470e1d984f40",
      "version": null,
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      "username": null,
      "timestamp": "2026-09-16T14:35:59.374151Z",
      "duration_ms": null
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      "url": null,
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      "input": null,
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      "sensor": "hp-use-01",
      "shasum": null,
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      "eventid": "cowrie.client.size",
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      "outfile": null,
      "session": "470e1d984f40",
      "version": null,
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      "password": null,
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      "username": null,
      "timestamp": "2026-09-16T14:36:01.297473Z",
      "duration_ms": null
    },
    {
      "url": null,
      "uuid": "28d6f35e-aed5-11f1-a29a-0242ac120002",
      "input": null,
      "dst_ip": "172.18.0.2",
      "sensor": "hp-use-01",
      "shasum": null,
      "src_ip": "195.178.110.217",
      "eventid": "cowrie.session.closed",
      "message": "Connection lost after 16466 milliseconds",
      "outfile": null,
      "session": "470e1d984f40",
      "version": null,
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      "password": null,
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      "username": null,
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  ],
  "sensor": "hp-use-01",
  "source": "cowrie",
  "src_ip": "195.178.110.217",
  "session_id": "470e1d984f40"
}