sigma-rules/rules/linux/execution_nice_binary.toml

[metadata]
creation_date = "2022/03/07"
maturity = "development"
updated_date = "2022/03/28"

[rule]
author = ["Elastic"]
description = """
Identifies Linux binary nice abuse to break out from restricted environments by spawning an interactive system shell.The
nice command is used to invoke a utility or a shell script with a particular CPU priority, thus giving the process more
or less CPU and the activity of spawning shell is not a standard use of this binary for a user or system
administrator.It indicates a potentially malicious actor attempting to improve the capabilities or stability of their
access.
"""
from = "now-9m"
index = ["logs-endpoint.events.*"]
language = "eql"
license = "Elastic License v2"
name = "Linux Restricted Shell Breakout via nice Shell evasion"
references = ["https://gtfobins.github.io/gtfobins/nice/"]
risk_score = 47
rule_id = "22755f7f-1e1e-4528-a75f-bb3f4026d1b9"
severity = "medium"
tags = ["Elastic", "Host", "Linux", "Threat Detection", "Execution", "GTFOBins"]
timestamp_override = "event.ingested"
type = "eql"

query = '''
process where event.type == "start" and process.name in ("bash", "sh", "dash") and 
  process.parent.name == "nice" and process.parent.args in ("/bin/bash", "/bin/sh", "/bin/dash", "sh", "bash", "dash")
'''


[[rule.threat]]
framework = "MITRE ATT&CK"
[[rule.threat.technique]]
id = "T1059"
name = "Command and Scripting Interpreter"
reference = "https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1059/"
[[rule.threat.technique.subtechnique]]
id = "T1059.004"
name = "Unix Shell"
reference = "https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1059/004/"



[rule.threat.tactic]
id = "TA0002"
name = "Execution"
reference = "https://attack.mitre.org/tactics/TA0002/"