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Web Application Suspicious Activity: sqlmap User Agent

This is an example of how to detect an unwanted web client user agent. This search matches the user agent for sqlmap 1.3.11, which is a popular FOSS tool for testing web applications for SQL injection vulnerabilities.

Rule type: query

Rule indices:

  • apm--transaction
  • traces-apm*

Severity: medium

Risk score: 47

Runs every: 5m

Searches indices from: None (https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/current/common-options.html#date-math[Date Math format], see also Additional look-back time)

Maximum alerts per execution: 100

References:

Tags:

  • Elastic
  • APM

Version: 101

Rule authors:

  • Elastic

Rule license: Elastic License v2

Rule query

user_agent.original:"sqlmap/1.3.11#stable (http://sqlmap.org)"