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125.82.67.84

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 to the honeypot using root:starfish. Per rubric, any successful login constitutes a foothold and maps to severity 4 and category successful_intrusion. Retrieved session commands show no post-login commands, downloads, or uploads, so there is no evidence of malware delivery or persistence activity. The very short session duration suggests an automated login check or aborted intrusion rather than deeper hands-on activity.

Recommended action

Escalate as a confirmed foothold on the honeypot; retain session artifacts, correlate this source with other successful logins, and monitor for repeat attempts or follow-on payload delivery.

Routing

Primary model
gpt-4o-mini
Final model
gpt-5.4
Escalated to strong model
yes
Prompt version
triage-v4
Input tokens
4,633
Output tokens
287
Cost
$0.006381
Latency
5,886 ms
Verdict at
2026-10-19 14:15:10Z

Tool trace

  1. 0. get_session_commands· 0 ms

    Arguments
    {
  "session_id": "226da5560cfb"
}
    Result
    {
  "commands": [],
  "downloads": [],
  "session_id": "226da5560cfb",
  "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": "125.82.67.84",
      "eventid": "cowrie.session.connect",
      "message": "New connection: 125.82.67.84:37902 (172.18.0.2:2222) [session: 226da5560cfb]",
      "outfile": null,
      "session": "226da5560cfb",
      "version": null,
      "dst_port": 2222,
      "password": null,
      "protocol": "ssh",
      "src_port": 37902,
      "username": null,
      "timestamp": "2026-10-19T14:15:08.001405Z",
      "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": "125.82.67.84",
      "eventid": "cowrie.client.version",
      "message": "Remote SSH version: SSH-2.0-Go",
      "outfile": null,
      "session": "226da5560cfb",
      "version": "SSH-2.0-Go",
      "dst_port": 2222,
      "password": null,
      "protocol": "ssh",
      "src_port": 37902,
      "username": null,
      "timestamp": "2026-10-19T14:15:08.001701Z",
      "duration_ms": null
    },
    {
      "url": null,
      "uuid": "28d6f35e-aed5-11f1-a29a-0242ac120002",
      "encCS": [
        "aes128-ctr",
        "aes192-ctr",
        "aes256-ctr",
        "aes128-gcm@openssh.com",
        "chacha20-poly1305@openssh.com",
        "arcfour256",
        "arcfour128",
        "arcfour",
        "aes128-cbc",
        "3des-cbc",
        "aes128-gcm@openssh.com",
        "aes128-cbc"
      ],
      "hassh": "01ca35584ad5a1b66cf6a9846b5b2821",
      "input": null,
      "macCS": [
        "hmac-sha2-256-etm@openssh.com",
        "hmac-sha2-256",
        "hmac-sha1",
        "hmac-sha1-96"
      ],
      "compCS": [
        "none"
      ],
      "dst_ip": "172.18.0.2",
      "langCS": [
        ""
      ],
      "sensor": "hp-use-01",
      "shasum": null,
      "src_ip": "125.82.67.84",
      "eventid": "cowrie.client.kex",
      "kexAlgs": [
        "curve25519-sha256@libssh.org",
        "ecdh-sha2-nistp256",
        "ecdh-sha2-nistp384",
        "ecdh-sha2-nistp521",
        "diffie-hellman-group14-sha1"
      ],
      "keyAlgs": [
        "ssh-rsa-cert-v01@openssh.com",
        "ssh-dss-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",
        "ssh-ed25519-cert-v01@openssh.com",
        "ecdsa-sha2-nistp256",
        "ecdsa-sha2-nistp384",
        "ecdsa-sha2-nistp521",
        "ssh-rsa",
        "ssh-dss",
        "ssh-ed25519"
      ],
      "message": "SSH client hassh fingerprint: 01ca35584ad5a1b66cf6a9846b5b2821",
      "outfile": null,
      "session": "226da5560cfb",
      "version": null,
      "dst_port": 2222,
      "password": null,
      "protocol": "ssh",
      "src_port": 37902,
      "username": null,
      "timestamp": "2026-10-19T14:15:08.235292Z",
      "duration_ms": null,
      "hasshAlgorithms": "curve25519-sha256@libssh.org,ecdh-sha2-nistp256,ecdh-sha2-nistp384,ecdh-sha2-nistp521,diffie-hellman-group14-sha1;aes128-ctr,aes192-ctr,aes256-ctr,aes128-gcm@openssh.com,chacha20-poly1305@openssh.com,arcfour256,arcfour128,arcfour,aes128-cbc,3des-cbc,aes128-gcm@openssh.com,aes128-cbc;hmac-sha2-256-etm@openssh.com,hmac-sha2-256,hmac-sha1,hmac-sha1-96;none"
    },
    {
      "url": null,
      "uuid": "28d6f35e-aed5-11f1-a29a-0242ac120002",
      "input": null,
      "dst_ip": "172.18.0.2",
      "sensor": "hp-use-01",
      "shasum": null,
      "src_ip": "125.82.67.84",
      "eventid": "cowrie.login.success",
      "message": "login attempt [root/starfish] succeeded",
      "outfile": null,
      "session": "226da5560cfb",
      "version": null,
      "dst_port": 2222,
      "password": "starfish",
      "protocol": "ssh",
      "src_port": 37902,
      "username": "root",
      "timestamp": "2026-10-19T14:15:08.936996Z",
      "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": "125.82.67.84",
      "eventid": "cowrie.session.closed",
      "message": "Connection lost after 1636 milliseconds",
      "outfile": null,
      "session": "226da5560cfb",
      "version": null,
      "dst_port": 2222,
      "password": null,
      "protocol": "ssh",
      "src_port": 37902,
      "username": null,
      "timestamp": "2026-10-19T14:15:09.637920Z",
      "duration_ms": 1636
    }
  ],
  "sensor": "hp-use-01",
  "source": "cowrie",
  "src_ip": "125.82.67.84",
  "session_id": "226da5560cfb"
}