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85 lines
4.2 KiB
YAML
name: Linux AWK Privilege Escalation
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id: 4510cae0-96a2-4840-9919-91d262db210a
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version: 9
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date: '2025-05-02'
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author: Gowthamaraj Rajendran, Splunk
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status: production
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type: Anomaly
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description: The following analytic detects the use of the AWK command with elevated
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privileges to execute system commands. It leverages Endpoint Detection and Response
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(EDR) telemetry, specifically monitoring processes that include "sudo," "awk," and
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"BEGIN*system" in their command lines. This activity is significant because it indicates
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a potential privilege escalation attempt, where a user could gain root access by
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executing commands as the root user. If confirmed malicious, this could allow an
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attacker to fully compromise the system, execute arbitrary commands, and maintain
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persistent control over the affected endpoint.
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data_source:
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- Sysmon for Linux EventID 1
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search: '| tstats `security_content_summariesonly` count min(_time) as firstTime max(_time)
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as lastTime from datamodel=Endpoint.Processes where Processes.process="*sudo*" AND
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Processes.process="*awk*" AND Processes.process="*BEGIN*system*" by Processes.action
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Processes.dest Processes.original_file_name Processes.parent_process Processes.parent_process_exec
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Processes.parent_process_guid Processes.parent_process_id Processes.parent_process_name
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Processes.parent_process_path Processes.process Processes.process_exec Processes.process_guid
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Processes.process_hash Processes.process_id Processes.process_integrity_level Processes.process_name
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Processes.process_path Processes.user Processes.user_id Processes.vendor_product
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| `drop_dm_object_name(Processes)` | `security_content_ctime(firstTime)` | `security_content_ctime(lastTime)`|
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`linux_awk_privilege_escalation_filter`'
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how_to_implement: The detection is based on data that originates from Endpoint Detection
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and Response (EDR) agents. These agents are designed to provide security-related
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telemetry from the endpoints where the agent is installed. To implement this search,
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you must ingest logs that contain the process GUID, process name, and parent process.
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Additionally, you must ingest complete command-line executions. These logs must
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be processed using the appropriate Splunk Technology Add-ons that are specific to
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the EDR product. The logs must also be mapped to the `Processes` node of the `Endpoint`
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data model. Use the Splunk Common Information Model (CIM) to normalize the field
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names and speed up the data modeling process.
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known_false_positives: False positives are present based on automated tooling or system
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administrative usage. Filter as needed.
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references:
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- https://www.hacknos.com/awk-privilege-escalation/
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drilldown_searches:
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- name: View the detection results for - "$dest$"
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search: '%original_detection_search% | search dest = "$dest$"'
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earliest_offset: $info_min_time$
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latest_offset: $info_max_time$
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- name: View risk events for the last 7 days for - "$dest$"
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search: '| from datamodel Risk.All_Risk | search normalized_risk_object IN ("$dest$")
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starthoursago=168 | stats count min(_time) as firstTime max(_time) as lastTime
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values(search_name) as "Search Name" values(risk_message) as "Risk Message" values(analyticstories)
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as "Analytic Stories" values(annotations._all) as "Annotations" values(annotations.mitre_attack.mitre_tactic)
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as "ATT&CK Tactics" by normalized_risk_object | `security_content_ctime(firstTime)`
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| `security_content_ctime(lastTime)`'
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earliest_offset: $info_min_time$
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latest_offset: $info_max_time$
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rba:
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message: An instance of $parent_process_name$ spawning $process_name$ was identified
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on endpoint $dest$
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risk_objects:
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- field: dest
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type: system
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score: 30
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threat_objects:
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- field: parent_process_name
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type: parent_process_name
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- field: process_name
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type: process_name
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tags:
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analytic_story:
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- Linux Privilege Escalation
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- Linux Living Off The Land
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asset_type: Endpoint
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mitre_attack_id:
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- T1548.003
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product:
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- Splunk Enterprise
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- Splunk Enterprise Security
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- Splunk Cloud
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security_domain: endpoint
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tests:
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- name: True Positive Test
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attack_data:
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- data: https://media.githubusercontent.com/media/splunk/attack_data/master/datasets/attack_techniques/T1548/awk/sysmon_linux.log
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source: Syslog:Linux-Sysmon/Operational
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sourcetype: sysmon:linux
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