Files
elastic-protections-artifacts/behavior/rules/linux/execution_non_interactive_shell_upgrade.toml
T
protectionsmachine 5d716fbaf5 Updating artifacts
2026-05-08 03:16:12 +00:00

69 lines
1.9 KiB
TOML

[rule]
description = """
Identifies when a non-interactive terminal (tty) is being upgraded to a fully interactive shell. Attackers may upgrade a
simple reverse shell to a fully interactive tty after obtaining initial access to a host, in order to obtain a more
stable connection.
"""
id = "f1e932e5-41c5-465f-823b-83fc6f379bb4"
license = "Elastic License v2"
name = "Non-interactive Shell Upgrade"
os_list = ["linux"]
version = "1.0.1"
query = '''
process where event.type == "start" and event.action == "exec" and (
(
process.name == "stty" and
process.args == "raw" and
process.args == "-echo" and
process.args_count >= 3
) or
(
process.name == "script" and
process.args in ("-qc", "-c") and
process.args == "/dev/null" and
process.args_count == 4
)
) and
not (
process.parent.command_line like ("linode-longview", "*bootstrap*", "*homebrew*", "*/home/*/.claude/shell-snapshots/snapshot*") or
process.parent.executable in ("/usr/bin/expect", "/usr/bin/nsh-single-command", "/usr/bin/runc") or
process.command_line == "stty -echo raw min 0 time 2" or
process.args like ("/dev/tty*", "/dev/serial/*") or
process.parent.args == "/usr/share/emacs/site-lisp/emacspeak/servers/dtk-exp"
)
'''
min_endpoint_version = "7.15.0"
optional_actions = []
[[actions]]
action = "kill_process"
field = "process.entity_id"
state = 0
[[actions]]
action = "kill_process"
field = "process.parent.entity_id"
state = 0
[[threat]]
framework = "MITRE ATT&CK"
[[threat.technique]]
id = "T1059"
name = "Command and Scripting Interpreter"
reference = "https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1059/"
[[threat.technique.subtechnique]]
id = "T1059.004"
name = "Unix Shell"
reference = "https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1059/004/"
[threat.tactic]
id = "TA0002"
name = "Execution"
reference = "https://attack.mitre.org/tactics/TA0002/"
[internal]
min_endpoint_version = "7.15.0"