[metadata] creation_date = "2023/09/20" integration = ["endpoint"] maturity = "production" updated_date = "2023/09/20" min_stack_comments = "New fields added: required_fields, related_integrations, setup" min_stack_version = "8.3.0" [rule] author = ["Elastic"] description = """ Identifies when a non-interactive terminal (tty) is being upgraded to a fully interactive shell. Attackers may upgrade a simple reverse shell to a fully interactive tty after obtaining initial access to a host, in order to obtain a more stable connection. """ from = "now-9m" index = ["logs-endpoint.events.*", "endgame-*"] language = "eql" license = "Elastic License v2" name = "Potential Upgrade of Non-interactive Shell" risk_score = 47 rule_id = "84d1f8db-207f-45ab-a578-921d91c23eb2" severity = "medium" timestamp_override = "event.ingested" tags = ["Domain: Endpoint", "OS: Linux", "Use Case: Threat Detection", "Tactic: Execution", "Data Source: Elastic Endgame", "Data Source: Elastic Defend" ] type = "eql" query = ''' process where host.os.type == "linux" and event.action in ("exec", "exec_event") and event.type == "start" and ( (process.name == "stty" and process.args == "raw" and process.args == "-echo" and process.args_count >= 3) or (process.name == "script" and process.args in ("-qc", "-c") and process.args == "/dev/null" and process.args_count == 4) ) ''' [[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/"