[metadata] creation_date = "2020/04/15" integration = ["endpoint"] maturity = "production" updated_date = "2023/02/22" 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 = ["auditbeat-*", "logs-endpoint.events.*", "endgame-*"] language = "kuery" license = "Elastic License v2" name = "Interactive Terminal Spawned via Python" risk_score = 73 rule_id = "d76b02ef-fc95-4001-9297-01cb7412232f" severity = "high" tags = ["Elastic", "Host", "Linux", "Threat Detection", "Execution", "Elastic Endgame"] timeline_id = "e70679c2-6cde-4510-9764-4823df18f7db" timeline_title = "Comprehensive Process Timeline" timestamp_override = "event.ingested" type = "query" query = ''' event.category:process and host.os.type:linux and event.type:(start or process_started) and process.name:python* and process.args:("import pty; pty.spawn(\"/bin/sh\")" or "import pty; pty.spawn(\"/bin/dash\")" or "import pty; pty.spawn(\"/bin/bash\")") ''' [[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.tactic] id = "TA0002" name = "Execution" reference = "https://attack.mitre.org/tactics/TA0002/"