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splunk-security_content/detections/endpoint/linux_visudo_utility_execution.yml
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name: Linux Visudo Utility Execution
id: 08c41040-624c-11ec-a71f-acde48001122
version: 1
date: '2021-12-21'
author: Teoderick Contreras, Splunk
status: production
type: Anomaly
description: This analytic is to looks for suspicious commandline that add entry to
/etc/sudoers by using visudo utility tool in linux platform. This technique may
abuse by adversaries, malware author and red teamers to gain elevated privilege
to targeted or compromised host. /etc/sudoers file controls who can run what commands
as what users on what machines and can also control special things such as whether
you need a password for particular commands. The file is composed of aliases (basically
variables) and user specifications (which control who can run what).
data_source:
- Sysmon Event ID 1
search: '| tstats `security_content_summariesonly` count min(_time) as firstTime max(_time)
as lastTime from datamodel=Endpoint.Processes where Processes.process_name = visudo
by Processes.dest Processes.user Processes.parent_process_name Processes.process_name
Processes.process Processes.process_id Processes.parent_process_id Processes.process_guid
| `drop_dm_object_name(Processes)` | `security_content_ctime(firstTime)` | `security_content_ctime(lastTime)`
| `linux_visudo_utility_execution_filter`'
how_to_implement: The detection is based on data that originates from Endpoint Detection
and Response (EDR) agents. These agents are designed to provide security-related
telemetry from the endpoints where the agent is installed. To implement this search,
you must ingest logs that contain the process GUID, process name, and parent process.
Additionally, you must ingest complete command-line executions. These logs must
be processed using the appropriate Splunk Technology Add-ons that are specific to
the EDR product. The logs must also be mapped to the `Processes` node of the `Endpoint`
data model. Use the Splunk Common Information Model (CIM) to normalize the field
names and speed up the data modeling process.
known_false_positives: Administrator or network operator can execute this command.
Please update the filter macros to remove false positives.
references:
- https://askubuntu.com/questions/334318/sudoers-file-enable-nopasswd-for-user-all-commands
tags:
analytic_story:
- Linux Privilege Escalation
- Linux Persistence Techniques
asset_type: Endpoint
confidence: 40
impact: 40
message: A commandline $process$ executed on $dest$
mitre_attack_id:
- T1548.003
- T1548
observable:
- name: dest
type: Hostname
role:
- Victim
product:
- Splunk Enterprise
- Splunk Enterprise Security
- Splunk Cloud
required_fields:
- _time
- Processes.dest
- Processes.user
- Processes.parent_process_name
- Processes.process_name
- Processes.process
- Processes.process_id
- Processes.parent_process_id
risk_score: 16
security_domain: endpoint
tests:
- name: True Positive Test
attack_data:
- data: https://media.githubusercontent.com/media/splunk/attack_data/master/datasets/attack_techniques/T1548.003/visudo/sysmon_linux.log
source: Syslog:Linux-Sysmon/Operational
sourcetype: sysmon_linux