[metadata] creation_date = "2022/03/10" maturity = "production" updated_date = "2022/03/17" [rule] author = ["Elastic"] description = """ Identifies Linux binary ssh 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 ssh command" references = ["https://gtfobins.github.io/gtfobins/ssh/"] risk_score = 47 rule_id = "97da359b-2b61-4a40-b2e4-8fc48cf7a294" 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 == "ssh" and process.args == "-o" and process.args : ("ProxyCommand=;sh*", "ProxyCommand=;bash*", "ProxyCommand=;dash*", "ProxyCommand=;/bin/sh*", "ProxyCommand=;/bin/bash*", "ProxyCommand=;/bin/dash*")] [process where process.parent.name == "ssh" 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/"