[metadata] creation_date = "2022/03/07" maturity = "development" updated_date = "2022/03/17" [rule] author = ["Elastic"] description = """ Identifies Linux binary nice 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. It indicates a potentially 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 nice Shell evasion" references = ["https://gtfobins.github.io/gtfobins/nice/"] risk_score = 47 rule_id = "22755f7f-1e1e-4528-a75f-bb3f4026d1b9" 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 event.type == "start" and process.name == "nice" and process.args : ("/bin/bash", "/bin/sh", "/bin/dash", "sh", "bash", "dash")] [process where 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/"