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125.82.67.84

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

Verdict

S4successful_intrusionConfidence 97%Escalate: yes

Reasoning

A successful SSH login occurred using root/caterpillar, which establishes a foothold and meets severity 4 by rubric. Retrieved session commands show no post-login commands, downloads, or uploads before the session ended, so there is no evidence of malware delivery or persistence. Short duration and zero commands suggest an automated or aborted intrusion immediately after authentication rather than deeper hands-on activity.

Recommended action

Escalate as a confirmed honeypot compromise attempt; retain session artifacts, block or monitor the source IP as appropriate, and review for similar successful logins using the same credentials.

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
277
Cost
$0.006208
Latency
7,400 ms
Verdict at
2026-10-19 13:36:16Z

Tool trace

  1. 0. get_session_commands· 0 ms

    Arguments
    {
  "session_id": "d3d6eb97f884"
}
    Result
    {
  "commands": [],
  "downloads": [],
  "session_id": "d3d6eb97f884",
  "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: 125.82.67.84:26060 (172.18.0.2:2222) [session: d3d6eb97f884]",
      "outfile": null,
      "session": "d3d6eb97f884",
      "version": null,
      "dst_port": 2222,
      "password": null,
      "protocol": "ssh",
      "src_port": 26060,
      "username": null,
      "timestamp": "2026-10-19T13:36:12.944258Z",
      "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": "d3d6eb97f884",
      "version": "SSH-2.0-Go",
      "dst_port": 2222,
      "password": null,
      "protocol": "ssh",
      "src_port": 26060,
      "username": null,
      "timestamp": "2026-10-19T13:36:12.944565Z",
      "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": "d3d6eb97f884",
      "version": null,
      "dst_port": 2222,
      "password": null,
      "protocol": "ssh",
      "src_port": 26060,
      "username": null,
      "timestamp": "2026-10-19T13:36:13.188455Z",
      "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/caterpillar] succeeded",
      "outfile": null,
      "session": "d3d6eb97f884",
      "version": null,
      "dst_port": 2222,
      "password": "caterpillar",
      "protocol": "ssh",
      "src_port": 26060,
      "username": "root",
      "timestamp": "2026-10-19T13:36:14.613861Z",
      "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 2403 milliseconds",
      "outfile": null,
      "session": "d3d6eb97f884",
      "version": null,
      "dst_port": 2222,
      "password": null,
      "protocol": "ssh",
      "src_port": 26060,
      "username": null,
      "timestamp": "2026-10-19T13:36:15.347347Z",
      "duration_ms": 2403
    }
  ],
  "sensor": "hp-use-01",
  "source": "cowrie",
  "src_ip": "125.82.67.84",
  "session_id": "d3d6eb97f884"
}