[metadata] creation_date = "2020/04/16" maturity = "production" min_stack_comments = "New fields added: required_fields, related_integrations, setup" min_stack_version = "8.3.0" updated_date = "2022/08/24" [rule] author = ["Elastic"] description = """ Identifies when a terminal (tty) is spawned via Perl. 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.*"] language = "kuery" license = "Elastic License v2" name = "Interactive Terminal Spawned via Perl" risk_score = 73 rule_id = "05e5a668-7b51-4a67-93ab-e9af405c9ef3" severity = "high" tags = ["Elastic", "Host", "Linux", "Threat Detection", "Execution"] timestamp_override = "event.ingested" type = "query" query = ''' event.category:process and event.type:(start or process_started) and process.name:perl and process.args:("exec \"/bin/sh\";" or "exec \"/bin/dash\";" or "exec \"/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/"