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208.104.31.154

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 after two failed attempts, which constitutes a foothold on the honeypot. Per rubric, any successful login is at least severity 4 and falls under 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 reclassify the activity.

Recommended action

Escalate as a confirmed foothold; preserve session artifacts, correlate the source IP with other alerts, and review whether the exposed credential was intentionally seeded or reflects a control gap.

Routing

Primary model
gpt-4o-mini
Final model
gpt-5.4
Escalated to strong model
yes
Prompt version
triage-v4
Input tokens
4,678
Output tokens
286
Cost
$0.006380
Latency
6,522 ms
Verdict at
2026-09-18 20:11:28Z

Tool trace

  1. 0. get_session_commands· 0 ms

    Arguments
    {
  "session_id": "4d716351f800"
}
    Result
    {
  "commands": [],
  "downloads": [],
  "session_id": "4d716351f800",
  "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: 208.104.31.154:36526 (172.18.0.2:2222) [session: 4d716351f800]",
      "outfile": null,
      "session": "4d716351f800",
      "version": null,
      "dst_port": 2222,
      "password": null,
      "protocol": "ssh",
      "src_port": 36526,
      "username": null,
      "timestamp": "2026-09-18T20:10:47.687796Z",
      "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": "4d716351f800",
      "version": "SSH-2.0-OpenSSH_9.6p1 Ubuntu-3ubuntu13.19",
      "dst_port": 2222,
      "password": null,
      "protocol": "ssh",
      "src_port": 36526,
      "username": null,
      "timestamp": "2026-09-18T20:10:47.688103Z",
      "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": "4d716351f800",
      "version": null,
      "dst_port": 2222,
      "password": null,
      "protocol": "ssh",
      "src_port": 36526,
      "username": null,
      "timestamp": "2026-09-18T20:10:47.704541Z",
      "duration_ms": null,
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      "url": null,
      "type": "ssh-ed25519",
      "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.fingerprint",
      "message": "public key attempt for user root of type ssh-ed25519 with fingerprint c8:df:6d:02:c4:c6:ff:6e:bd:1e:25:77:7b:5e:03:f7",
      "outfile": null,
      "session": "4d716351f800",
      "version": null,
      "dst_port": 2222,
      "password": null,
      "protocol": "ssh",
      "src_port": 36526,
      "username": "root",
      "timestamp": "2026-09-18T20:10:47.901826Z",
      "duration_ms": null,
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    },
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      "url": null,
      "type": "ssh-ed25519",
      "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.failed",
      "message": "public key login attempt for [root] failed",
      "outfile": null,
      "session": "4d716351f800",
      "version": null,
      "dst_port": 2222,
      "password": null,
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      "username": "root",
      "timestamp": "2026-09-18T20:10:47.902164Z",
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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": "208.104.31.154",
      "eventid": "cowrie.client.fingerprint",
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      "outfile": null,
      "session": "4d716351f800",
      "version": null,
      "dst_port": 2222,
      "password": null,
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      "src_port": 36526,
      "username": "root",
      "timestamp": "2026-09-18T20:10:47.917918Z",
      "duration_ms": null,
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      "url": null,
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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": "208.104.31.154",
      "eventid": "cowrie.login.failed",
      "message": "public key login attempt for [root] failed",
      "outfile": null,
      "session": "4d716351f800",
      "version": null,
      "dst_port": 2222,
      "password": null,
      "protocol": "ssh",
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      "username": "root",
      "timestamp": "2026-09-18T20:10:47.918262Z",
      "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": "208.104.31.154",
      "eventid": "cowrie.login.success",
      "message": "login attempt [root/hunter2] succeeded",
      "outfile": null,
      "session": "4d716351f800",
      "version": null,
      "dst_port": 2222,
      "password": "hunter2",
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      "src_port": 36526,
      "username": "root",
      "timestamp": "2026-09-18T20:10:47.934342Z",
      "duration_ms": null
    },
    {
      "url": null,
      "uuid": "28d6f35e-aed5-11f1-a29a-0242ac120002",
      "input": null,
      "width": 0,
      "dst_ip": "172.18.0.2",
      "height": 0,
      "sensor": "hp-use-01",
      "shasum": null,
      "src_ip": "208.104.31.154",
      "eventid": "cowrie.client.size",
      "message": "Terminal Size: 0 0",
      "outfile": null,
      "session": "4d716351f800",
      "version": null,
      "dst_port": 2222,
      "password": null,
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      "src_port": 36526,
      "username": null,
      "timestamp": "2026-09-18T20:10:48.056168Z",
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      "url": null,
      "name": "LANG",
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      "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": "4d716351f800",
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      "username": null,
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    {
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      "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 39982 milliseconds",
      "outfile": null,
      "session": "4d716351f800",
      "version": null,
      "dst_port": 2222,
      "password": null,
      "protocol": "ssh",
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      "username": null,
      "timestamp": "2026-09-18T20:11:27.669544Z",
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  ],
  "sensor": "hp-use-01",
  "source": "cowrie",
  "src_ip": "208.104.31.154",
  "session_id": "4d716351f800"
}