[metadata] creation_date = "2020/04/16" ecs_version = ["1.4.0"] maturity = "production" updated_date = "2020/04/16" [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. """ index = ["auditbeat-*"] language = "kuery" license = "Elastic License" name = "Interactive Terminal Spawned via Perl" risk_score = 73 rule_id = "05e5a668-7b51-4a67-93ab-e9af405c9ef3" severity = "high" tags = ["Elastic", "Linux"] type = "query" query = ''' event.action:executed 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-Line Interface" reference = "https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1059/" [rule.threat.tactic] id = "TA0002" name = "Execution" reference = "https://attack.mitre.org/tactics/TA0002/"