[metadata] creation_date = "2021/01/19" integration = ["endpoint"] maturity = "production" min_stack_comments = "New fields added: required_fields, related_integrations, setup" min_stack_version = "8.3.0" updated_date = "2022/12/14" [rule] author = ["Elastic"] description = """ Both ~/.bash_profile and ~/.bashrc are files containing shell commands that are run when Bash is invoked. These files are executed in a user's context, either interactively or non-interactively, when a user logs in so that their environment is set correctly. Adversaries may abuse this to establish persistence by executing malicious content triggered by a user’s shell. """ false_positives = ["Changes to the Shell Profile tend to be noisy, a tuning per your environment will be required."] from = "now-9m" index = ["logs-endpoint.events.*", "auditbeat-*"] language = "kuery" license = "Elastic License v2" name = "Bash Shell Profile Modification" references = ["https://www.anomali.com/blog/pulling-linux-rabbit-rabbot-malware-out-of-a-hat"] risk_score = 47 rule_id = "e6c1a552-7776-44ad-ae0f-8746cc07773c" severity = "medium" tags = ["Elastic", "Host", "macOS", "Linux", "Threat Detection", "Persistence"] timestamp_override = "event.ingested" type = "query" query = ''' event.category:file and event.type:change and process.name:(* and not (sudo or vim or zsh or env or nano or bash or Terminal or xpcproxy or login or cat or cp or launchctl or java)) and not process.executable:(/Applications/* or /private/var/folders/* or /usr/local/*) and file.path:(/private/etc/rc.local or /etc/rc.local or /home/*/.profile or /home/*/.profile1 or /home/*/.bash_profile or /home/*/.bash_profile1 or /home/*/.bashrc or /Users/*/.bash_profile or /Users/*/.zshenv) ''' [[rule.threat]] framework = "MITRE ATT&CK" [[rule.threat.technique]] id = "T1546" name = "Event Triggered Execution" reference = "https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1546/" [[rule.threat.technique.subtechnique]] id = "T1546.004" name = "Unix Shell Configuration Modification" reference = "https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1546/004/" [rule.threat.tactic] id = "TA0003" name = "Persistence" reference = "https://attack.mitre.org/tactics/TA0003/"