# Copyright Elasticsearch B.V. and/or licensed to Elasticsearch B.V. under one # or more contributor license agreements. Licensed under the Elastic License # 2.0; you may not use this file except in compliance with the Elastic License # 2.0. # Name: Compression of sensitive files # RTA: linux_compress_sensitive_files.py # Description: Uses built-in commands for *nix operating systems to compress known sensitive # files, such as etc/shadow and etc/passwd from . import common from . import RtaMetadata metadata = RtaMetadata( uuid="f3ffa89b-de47-4e17-ac8e-385e0e7f8253", platforms=["linux"], endpoint=[], siem=[{"rule_id": "6b84d470-9036-4cc0-a27c-6d90bbfe81ab", "rule_name": "Sensitive Files Compression"}], techniques=["T1560", "T1552"], ) @common.requires_os(*metadata.platforms) def main(): common.log("Compressing sensitive files") files = ["totally-legit.tar", "official-business.zip", "expense-reports.gz"] # we don't want/need these to actually work, since the rule is only looking for command line, so no need for sudo commands = [ ["tar", "-cvf", files[0], "/etc/shadow"], ["zip", files[1], "/etc/passwd"], ["gzip", "/etc/group", files[2]], ] for command in commands: try: common.execute(command) except OSError as exc: # command doesn't exist on distro - the rule only needs one to trigger # also means we will eventually need to explore per distro ground truth when we expand as counts will vary common.log(str(exc)) if __name__ == "__main__": main()