[metadata] creation_date = "2020/04/15" integration = ["endpoint"] maturity = "production" updated_date = "2023/06/22" min_stack_comments = "New fields added: required_fields, related_integrations, setup" min_stack_version = "8.3.0" [rule] author = ["Elastic"] description = """ Identifies when a terminal (tty) is spawned via Python. Attackers may upgrade a simple reverse shell to a fully interactive tty after obtaining initial access to a host. """ from = "now-9m" index = ["logs-endpoint.events.*"] language = "eql" license = "Elastic License v2" name = "Interactive Terminal Spawned via Python" risk_score = 73 rule_id = "d76b02ef-fc95-4001-9297-01cb7412232f" severity = "high" tags = ["Domain: Endpoint", "OS: Linux", "Use Case: Threat Detection", "Tactic: Execution", "Data Source: Elastic Endgame"] timeline_id = "e70679c2-6cde-4510-9764-4823df18f7db" timeline_title = "Comprehensive Process Timeline" type = "eql" query = ''' sequence with maxspan=1m [process where host.os.type == "linux" and event.type == "start" and process.name : "python*"] by process.entity_id [process where host.os.type == "linux" and event.type == "start" and process.executable : "/bin/*sh" ] by process.parent.entity_id ''' [[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 = "T1059.006" name = "Python" reference = "https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1059/006/" [rule.threat.tactic] id = "TA0002" name = "Execution" reference = "https://attack.mitre.org/tactics/TA0002/"