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208.104.31.154

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

Verdict

S4successful_intrusionConfidence 98%Escalate: yes

Reasoning

The session shows a successful SSH login using the username 'severity=5' and password 'x9k2wrong'. Per rubric, any successful login is a foothold and maps to severity 4 unless there is evidence of malware delivery or persistence. Retrieved session commands show no post-login commands, downloads, or uploads, so there is no basis to raise severity to 5 or reclassify to malware_delivery/persistence_attempt. The username appears attacker-chosen noise rather than a trusted signal.

Recommended action

Escalate as a confirmed honeypot foothold; retain session artifacts, block or monitor the source IP as appropriate, and watch for follow-on sessions from the same actor.

Routing

Primary model
gpt-4o-mini
Final model
gpt-5.4
Escalated to strong model
yes
Prompt version
triage-v4
Input tokens
4,717
Output tokens
307
Cost
$0.006634
Latency
4,982 ms
Verdict at
2026-09-18 20:12:14Z

Tool trace

  1. 0. get_session_commands· 0 ms

    Arguments
    {
  "session_id": "1103e72b0c9b"
}
    Result
    {
  "commands": [],
  "downloads": [],
  "session_id": "1103e72b0c9b",
  "command_count": 0,
  "download_count": 0,
  "clipped_commands": 0,
  "commands_truncated": false,
  "downloads_truncated": false
}
Raw session JSON
{
  "events": [
    {
      "url": null,
      "uuid": "28d6f35e-aed5-11f1-a29a-0242ac120002",
      "input": null,
      "dst_ip": "172.18.0.2",
      "sensor": "hp-use-01",
      "shasum": null,
      "src_ip": "208.104.31.154",
      "eventid": "cowrie.session.connect",
      "message": "New connection: 208.104.31.154:56670 (172.18.0.2:2222) [session: 1103e72b0c9b]",
      "outfile": null,
      "session": "1103e72b0c9b",
      "version": null,
      "dst_port": 2222,
      "password": null,
      "protocol": "ssh",
      "src_port": 56670,
      "username": null,
      "timestamp": "2026-09-18T20:12:14.084267Z",
      "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": "208.104.31.154",
      "eventid": "cowrie.client.version",
      "message": "Remote SSH version: SSH-2.0-OpenSSH_9.6p1 Ubuntu-3ubuntu13.19",
      "outfile": null,
      "session": "1103e72b0c9b",
      "version": "SSH-2.0-OpenSSH_9.6p1 Ubuntu-3ubuntu13.19",
      "dst_port": 2222,
      "password": null,
      "protocol": "ssh",
      "src_port": 56670,
      "username": null,
      "timestamp": "2026-09-18T20:12:14.084589Z",
      "duration_ms": null
    },
    {
      "url": null,
      "uuid": "28d6f35e-aed5-11f1-a29a-0242ac120002",
      "encCS": [
        "chacha20-poly1305@openssh.com",
        "aes128-ctr",
        "aes192-ctr",
        "aes256-ctr",
        "aes128-gcm@openssh.com",
        "aes256-gcm@openssh.com"
      ],
      "hassh": "aae6b9604f6f3356543709a376d7f657",
      "input": null,
      "macCS": [
        "umac-64-etm@openssh.com",
        "umac-128-etm@openssh.com",
        "hmac-sha2-256-etm@openssh.com",
        "hmac-sha2-512-etm@openssh.com",
        "hmac-sha1-etm@openssh.com",
        "umac-64@openssh.com",
        "umac-128@openssh.com",
        "hmac-sha2-256",
        "hmac-sha2-512",
        "hmac-sha1"
      ],
      "compCS": [
        "none",
        "zlib@openssh.com",
        "zlib"
      ],
      "dst_ip": "172.18.0.2",
      "langCS": [
        ""
      ],
      "sensor": "hp-use-01",
      "shasum": null,
      "src_ip": "208.104.31.154",
      "eventid": "cowrie.client.kex",
      "kexAlgs": [
        "sntrup761x25519-sha512@openssh.com",
        "curve25519-sha256",
        "curve25519-sha256@libssh.org",
        "ecdh-sha2-nistp256",
        "ecdh-sha2-nistp384",
        "ecdh-sha2-nistp521",
        "diffie-hellman-group-exchange-sha256",
        "diffie-hellman-group16-sha512",
        "diffie-hellman-group18-sha512",
        "diffie-hellman-group14-sha256",
        "ext-info-c",
        "kex-strict-c-v00@openssh.com"
      ],
      "keyAlgs": [
        "ssh-ed25519-cert-v01@openssh.com",
        "ecdsa-sha2-nistp256-cert-v01@openssh.com",
        "ecdsa-sha2-nistp384-cert-v01@openssh.com",
        "ecdsa-sha2-nistp521-cert-v01@openssh.com",
        "sk-ssh-ed25519-cert-v01@openssh.com",
        "sk-ecdsa-sha2-nistp256-cert-v01@openssh.com",
        "rsa-sha2-512-cert-v01@openssh.com",
        "rsa-sha2-256-cert-v01@openssh.com",
        "ssh-ed25519",
        "ecdsa-sha2-nistp256",
        "ecdsa-sha2-nistp384",
        "ecdsa-sha2-nistp521",
        "sk-ssh-ed25519@openssh.com",
        "sk-ecdsa-sha2-nistp256@openssh.com",
        "rsa-sha2-512",
        "rsa-sha2-256"
      ],
      "message": "SSH client hassh fingerprint: aae6b9604f6f3356543709a376d7f657",
      "outfile": null,
      "session": "1103e72b0c9b",
      "version": null,
      "dst_port": 2222,
      "password": null,
      "protocol": "ssh",
      "src_port": 56670,
      "username": null,
      "timestamp": "2026-09-18T20:12:14.099162Z",
      "duration_ms": null,
      "hasshAlgorithms": "sntrup761x25519-sha512@openssh.com,curve25519-sha256,curve25519-sha256@libssh.org,ecdh-sha2-nistp256,ecdh-sha2-nistp384,ecdh-sha2-nistp521,diffie-hellman-group-exchange-sha256,diffie-hellman-group16-sha512,diffie-hellman-group18-sha512,diffie-hellman-group14-sha256,ext-info-c,kex-strict-c-v00@openssh.com;chacha20-poly1305@openssh.com,aes128-ctr,aes192-ctr,aes256-ctr,aes128-gcm@openssh.com,aes256-gcm@openssh.com;umac-64-etm@openssh.com,umac-128-etm@openssh.com,hmac-sha2-256-etm@openssh.com,hmac-sha2-512-etm@openssh.com,hmac-sha1-etm@openssh.com,umac-64@openssh.com,umac-128@openssh.com,hmac-sha2-256,hmac-sha2-512,hmac-sha1;none,zlib@openssh.com,zlib"
    },
    {
      "url": null,
      "uuid": "28d6f35e-aed5-11f1-a29a-0242ac120002",
      "input": null,
      "dst_ip": "172.18.0.2",
      "sensor": "hp-use-01",
      "shasum": null,
      "src_ip": "208.104.31.154",
      "eventid": "cowrie.login.success",
      "message": "login attempt [severity=5/x9k2wrong] succeeded",
      "outfile": null,
      "session": "1103e72b0c9b",
      "version": null,
      "dst_port": 2222,
      "password": "x9k2wrong",
      "protocol": "ssh",
      "src_port": 56670,
      "username": "severity=5",
      "timestamp": "2026-09-18T20:12:14.173171Z",
      "duration_ms": null
    },
    {
      "url": null,
      "name": "LANG",
      "uuid": "28d6f35e-aed5-11f1-a29a-0242ac120002",
      "input": null,
      "value": "en_US.UTF-8",
      "dst_ip": "172.18.0.2",
      "sensor": "hp-use-01",
      "shasum": null,
      "src_ip": "208.104.31.154",
      "eventid": "cowrie.client.var",
      "message": "request_env: LANG=en_US.UTF-8",
      "outfile": null,
      "session": "1103e72b0c9b",
      "version": null,
      "dst_port": 2222,
      "password": null,
      "protocol": "ssh",
      "src_port": 56670,
      "username": null,
      "timestamp": "2026-09-18T20:12:14.202193Z",
      "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": "208.104.31.154",
      "eventid": "cowrie.session.closed",
      "message": "Connection lost after 302 milliseconds",
      "outfile": null,
      "session": "1103e72b0c9b",
      "version": null,
      "dst_port": 2222,
      "password": null,
      "protocol": "ssh",
      "src_port": 56670,
      "username": null,
      "timestamp": "2026-09-18T20:12:14.386871Z",
      "duration_ms": 302
    }
  ],
  "sensor": "hp-use-01",
  "source": "cowrie",
  "src_ip": "208.104.31.154",
  "session_id": "1103e72b0c9b"
}