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name: Linux AWK Privilege Escalation
id: 4510cae0-96a2-4840-9919-91d262db210a
version: 1
date: '2022-07-31'
author: Gowthamaraj Rajendran, Splunk
status: production
type: Anomaly
description: Awk is mostly used for processing and scanning patterns. It checks one
or more files to determine whether any lines fit the specified patterns, and if
so, it does the appropriate action. If sudo right is given to AWK binary for the
user, then the user can run system commands as root and possibly get a root shell.
data_source:
- Sysmon Event ID 1
search:
selection1:
CommandLine: '*awk*'
selection2:
CommandLine: '*sudo*'
selection3:
CommandLine: '*BEGIN*system*'
condition: selection1 and selection2 and selection3
how_to_implement: To successfully implement this search, you need to be ingesting
logs with the process name, parent process, and command-line executions from your
endpoints into the Endpoint datamodel. If you are using Sysmon, you can use the
Add-on for Linux Sysmon from Splunkbase.
known_false_positives: False positives are present based on automated tooling or system
administrative usage. Filter as needed.
references:
- https://www.hacknos.com/awk-privilege-escalation/
tags:
analytic_story:
- Linux Privilege Escalation
- Linux Living Off The Land
asset_type: Endpoint
confidence: 50
impact: 60
message: An instance of $parent_process_name$ spawning $process_name$ was identified
on endpoint $dest$
mitre_attack_id:
- T1548.003
- T1548
observable:
- name: dest
type: Hostname
role:
- Victim
- name: parent_process_name
type: Process
role:
- Parent Process
- name: process_name
type: Process
role:
- Child Process
product:
- Splunk Enterprise
- Splunk Enterprise Security
- Splunk Cloud
risk_score: 30
security_domain: endpoint
tests:
- name: True Positive Test
attack_data:
- data: https://media.githubusercontent.com/media/splunk/attack_data/master/datasets/attack_techniques/T1548/awk/sysmon_linux.log
source: Syslog:Linux-Sysmon/Operational
sourcetype: sysmon_linux
update_timestamp: true