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SEC662lintai-ai-securitythreat-reviewsecuritystablehookdeny

Hook script: setuid or setgid manipulation

Hook script manipulates setuid or setgid permissions

Public lane
threat-review
Category
security
Provider
lintai-ai-security
Scope
per-file
Surface
hook
Tier
stable
Severity
deny
Confidence
high
Detection
structural
Remediation
message only
How to read this lane

Explicit malicious, secret-bearing, or spyware-like review.

How to read this category

Strong exploit, secret, or unsafe-execution signal.

Activation Model

Preset Activation

These presets explain where this rule appears in the product experience.

threat-reviewsidecar lane

Lifecycle

Stable Lifecycle Contract

State

stable

Graduation rationale

Matches explicit setuid or setgid chmod payloads in executable hook lines.

Deterministic signal basis

HookSignals shell-token analysis over non-comment hook lines for chmod octal modes with setuid/setgid bits or symbolic modes such as `u+s` and `g+s`.

Malicious corpus
hook-privilege-escalation-payloads
Benign corpus
cursor-plugin-clean-basic
structured evidence required remediation reviewed
Canonical note

Structural stable rule positioned as an explicit threat-review control: high-signal malicious, credential-bearing, or spyware-like behavior that stays opt-in rather than shaping the quiet default.

Nearby Signals

Related Rules

SEC201Hook script: remote code executionHook script downloads remote code and executes itthreat-reviewsecurityhook
SEC202Hook script: secret exfiltrationHook script appears to exfiltrate secrets through a network callthreat-reviewsecurityhook
SEC203Hook script: insecure HTTP secret sendHook script sends secret material to an insecure http:// endpointthreat-reviewsecurityhook
SEC204Hook script: TLS verification disabledHook script disables TLS or certificate verification for a network callthreat-reviewsecurityhook
SEC205Hook script: hardcoded auth in network callHook script embeds static authentication material in a network callthreat-reviewsecurityhook
SEC206Hook script: base64 payload executionHook script decodes a base64 payload and executes itthreat-reviewsecurityhook

Why It Matters ​

Setting setuid or setgid bits can turn ordinary binaries into privilege-escalation paths.

What Triggers ​

SEC662 matches executable hook lines that run chmod with setuid/setgid octal modes such as 4755, 2755, 6755, or symbolic modes like u+s and g+s.

False Positives ​

System packaging scripts may use these bits intentionally, but shared hooks should not silently install privileged executables.

Remediation ​

Remove setuid/setgid manipulation from the hook or move it into a separately reviewed administrative provisioning path.