# 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 @common.requires_os(common.LINUX) 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()