[metadata] creation_date = "2023/07/05" integration = ["endpoint"] maturity = "production" min_stack_comments = "New fields added: required_fields, related_integrations, setup" min_stack_version = "8.3.0" updated_date = "2023/08/10" [rule] author = ["Elastic"] description = """ This detection rule detects the creation of a shell through a chain consisting of the execution of a suspicious binary (located in a commonly abused location or executed manually) followed by a network event and ending with a shell being spawned. Stageless reverse tcp shells display this behaviour. Attackers may spawn reverse shells to establish persistence onto a target system. """ from = "now-9m" index = ["logs-endpoint.events.*"] language = "eql" license = "Elastic License v2" name = "Potential Reverse Shell via Suspicious Binary" references = [ "https://github.com/swisskyrepo/PayloadsAllTheThings/blob/master/Methodology%20and%20Resources/Reverse%20Shell%20Cheatsheet.md" ] risk_score = 47 rule_id = "fa3a59dc-33c3-43bf-80a9-e8437a922c7f" severity = "medium" tags = ["Domain: Endpoint", "OS: Linux", "Use Case: Threat Detection", "Tactic: Execution", "Data Source: Elastic Defend"] type = "eql" query = ''' sequence by host.id, process.entity_id with maxspan=1s [ process where host.os.type == "linux" and event.type == "start" and event.action == "exec" and process.executable : ( "./*", "/tmp/*", "/var/tmp/*", "/var/www/*", "/dev/shm/*", "/etc/init.d/*", "/etc/rc*.d/*", "/etc/crontab", "/etc/cron.*", "/etc/update-motd.d/*", "/usr/lib/update-notifier/*", "/boot/*", "/srv/*", "/run/*", "/root/*", "/etc/rc.local" ) and process.parent.name : ("bash", "dash", "sh", "tcsh", "csh", "zsh", "ksh", "fish") and not process.name : ("curl", "wget", "ping", "apt", "dpkg", "yum", "rpm", "dnf", "dockerd") ] [ network where host.os.type == "linux" and event.type == "start" and event.action in ("connection_attempted", "connection_accepted") and process.executable : ( "./*", "/tmp/*", "/var/tmp/*", "/var/www/*", "/dev/shm/*", "/etc/init.d/*", "/etc/rc*.d/*", "/etc/crontab", "/etc/cron.*", "/etc/update-motd.d/*", "/usr/lib/update-notifier/*", "/boot/*", "/srv/*", "/run/*", "/root/*", "/etc/rc.local" ) and destination.ip != null and destination.ip != "127.0.0.1" and destination.ip != "::1" ] [ process where host.os.type == "linux" and event.action == "exec" and event.type == "start" and process.name : ("bash", "dash", "sh", "tcsh", "csh", "zsh", "ksh", "fish") and process.parent.name : ("bash", "dash", "sh", "tcsh", "csh", "zsh", "ksh", "fish") ] ''' [[rule.threat]] framework = "MITRE ATT&CK" [rule.threat.tactic] name = "Execution" id = "TA0002" reference = "https://attack.mitre.org/tactics/TA0002/" [[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]] framework = "MITRE ATT&CK" [rule.threat.tactic] name = "Command and Control" id = "TA0011" reference = "https://attack.mitre.org/tactics/TA0011/" [[rule.threat.technique]] name = "Application Layer Protocol" id = "T1071" reference = "https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1071/"