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8.138.104.242

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

Verdict

S4successful_intrusionConfidence 97%Escalate: yes

Reasoning

The session shows a successful SSH login using root/password after one failed attempt. Per rubric, any successful login constitutes a foothold and maps to successful_intrusion 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 change category.

Recommended action

Escalate as a confirmed honeypot foothold; retain session artifacts, block or monitor the source IP as appropriate, and review for related successful logins across sensors.

Routing

Primary model
gpt-4o-mini
Final model
gpt-5.4
Escalated to strong model
yes
Prompt version
triage-v4
Input tokens
4,650
Output tokens
271
Cost
$0.006118
Latency
10,758 ms
Verdict at
2026-11-09 14:13:30Z

Tool trace

  1. 0. get_session_commands· 0 ms

    Arguments
    {
  "session_id": "2ad1f32e1607"
}
    Result
    {
  "commands": [],
  "downloads": [],
  "session_id": "2ad1f32e1607",
  "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": "8.138.104.242",
      "eventid": "cowrie.session.connect",
      "message": "New connection: 8.138.104.242:41864 (172.18.0.2:2222) [session: 2ad1f32e1607]",
      "outfile": null,
      "session": "2ad1f32e1607",
      "version": null,
      "dst_port": 2222,
      "password": null,
      "protocol": "ssh",
      "src_port": 41864,
      "username": null,
      "timestamp": "2026-11-09T14:08:20.046482Z",
      "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": "8.138.104.242",
      "eventid": "cowrie.client.version",
      "message": "Remote SSH version: SSH-2.0-makiko",
      "outfile": null,
      "session": "2ad1f32e1607",
      "version": "SSH-2.0-makiko",
      "dst_port": 2222,
      "password": null,
      "protocol": "ssh",
      "src_port": 41864,
      "username": null,
      "timestamp": "2026-11-09T14:08:20.122564Z",
      "duration_ms": null
    },
    {
      "url": null,
      "uuid": "28d6f35e-aed5-11f1-a29a-0242ac120002",
      "encCS": [
        "chacha20-poly1305@openssh.com",
        "aes128-gcm@openssh.com",
        "aes256-gcm@openssh.com",
        "aes128-ctr",
        "aes192-ctr",
        "aes256-ctr",
        "aes128-cbc",
        "aes192-cbc",
        "aes256-cbc"
      ],
      "hassh": "2f5ebb184f5d02324eed9a822f5259dc",
      "input": null,
      "macCS": [
        "hmac-sha2-256-etm@openssh.com",
        "hmac-sha2-512-etm@openssh.com",
        "hmac-sha2-256",
        "hmac-sha2-512",
        "hmac-sha1-etm@openssh.com",
        "hmac-sha1"
      ],
      "compCS": [
        "none"
      ],
      "dst_ip": "172.18.0.2",
      "langCS": [
        ""
      ],
      "sensor": "hp-use-01",
      "shasum": null,
      "src_ip": "8.138.104.242",
      "eventid": "cowrie.client.kex",
      "kexAlgs": [
        "curve25519-sha256",
        "curve25519-sha256@libssh.org",
        "diffie-hellman-group14-sha256",
        "diffie-hellman-group16-sha512",
        "diffie-hellman-group18-sha512",
        "diffie-hellman-group14-sha1",
        "ext-info-c"
      ],
      "keyAlgs": [
        "ssh-ed25519",
        "rsa-sha2-256",
        "rsa-sha2-512",
        "ecdsa-sha2-nistp256",
        "ecdsa-sha2-nistp384",
        "ssh-rsa"
      ],
      "message": "SSH client hassh fingerprint: 2f5ebb184f5d02324eed9a822f5259dc",
      "outfile": null,
      "session": "2ad1f32e1607",
      "version": null,
      "dst_port": 2222,
      "password": null,
      "protocol": "ssh",
      "src_port": 41864,
      "username": null,
      "timestamp": "2026-11-09T14:08:20.123009Z",
      "duration_ms": null,
      "hasshAlgorithms": "curve25519-sha256,curve25519-sha256@libssh.org,diffie-hellman-group14-sha256,diffie-hellman-group16-sha512,diffie-hellman-group18-sha512,diffie-hellman-group14-sha1,ext-info-c;chacha20-poly1305@openssh.com,aes128-gcm@openssh.com,aes256-gcm@openssh.com,aes128-ctr,aes192-ctr,aes256-ctr,aes128-cbc,aes192-cbc,aes256-cbc;hmac-sha2-256-etm@openssh.com,hmac-sha2-512-etm@openssh.com,hmac-sha2-256,hmac-sha2-512,hmac-sha1-etm@openssh.com,hmac-sha1;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": "8.138.104.242",
      "eventid": "cowrie.login.failed",
      "message": "login attempt [root/123456] failed",
      "outfile": null,
      "session": "2ad1f32e1607",
      "version": null,
      "dst_port": 2222,
      "password": "123456",
      "protocol": "ssh",
      "src_port": 41864,
      "username": "root",
      "timestamp": "2026-11-09T14:08:23.703978Z",
      "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": "8.138.104.242",
      "eventid": "cowrie.login.success",
      "message": "login attempt [root/password] succeeded",
      "outfile": null,
      "session": "2ad1f32e1607",
      "version": null,
      "dst_port": 2222,
      "password": "password",
      "protocol": "ssh",
      "src_port": 41864,
      "username": "root",
      "timestamp": "2026-11-09T14:08:29.360381Z",
      "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": "8.138.104.242",
      "eventid": "cowrie.session.closed",
      "message": "Connection lost after 309410 milliseconds",
      "outfile": null,
      "session": "2ad1f32e1607",
      "version": null,
      "dst_port": 2222,
      "password": null,
      "protocol": "ssh",
      "src_port": 41864,
      "username": null,
      "timestamp": "2026-11-09T14:13:29.456276Z",
      "duration_ms": 309410
    }
  ],
  "sensor": "hp-use-01",
  "source": "cowrie",
  "src_ip": "8.138.104.242",
  "session_id": "2ad1f32e1607"
}