[metadata] creation_date = "2022/03/07" maturity = "development" updated_date = "2022/03/17" [rule] author = ["Elastic"] description = """ Identifies Linux binary expect abuse to break out from restricted environments by spawning an interactive system shell This activity is not standard use with this binary for a user or system administrator and could potentially indicate malicious actor attempting to improve the capabilities or stability of their access. """ from = "now-9m" index = ["logs-endpoint.events.*"] language = "eql" license = "Elastic License v2" name = "Linux Restricted Shell Breakout via the expect command" references = ["https://gtfobins.github.io/gtfobins/expect/"] risk_score = 47 rule_id = "fd3fc25e-7c7c-4613-8209-97942ac609f6" severity = "medium" tags = ["Elastic", "Host", "Linux", "Threat Detection", "Execution", "GTFOBins"] timestamp_override = "event.ingested" type = "eql" query = ''' sequence by host.id, process.pid with maxspan=1m [process where process.name == "expect" and process.args : "-c" and process.args : ("spawn /bin/sh;interact", "spawn /bin/bash;interact", "spawn /bin/dash;interact", "spawn sh;interact","spawn bash;interact", "spawn dash;interact")] [process where process.parent.name == "expect" and process.name : ("bash", "sh", "dash")] ''' [[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.technique.subtechnique]] id = "T1059.004" name = "Unix Shell" reference = "https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1059/004/" [rule.threat.tactic] id = "TA0002" name = "Execution" reference = "https://attack.mitre.org/tactics/TA0002/"