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Justin Ibarra 59da2da474 [Rule Tuning] Ensure host information is in endpoint rule queries (#2593)
* add unit tests to ensure host type and platform are included
* add host.os.name 'linux' to all linux rules
* add host.os.name macos to mac rules
* add host.os.name to windows rules; fix linux dates
* update from host.os.name to host.os.type

Co-authored-by: brokensound77 <brokensound77@users.noreply.github.com>
Co-authored-by: Jonhnathan <26856693+w0rk3r@users.noreply.github.com>
2023-03-05 11:41:19 -07:00

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[metadata]
creation_date = "2020/04/29"
integration = ["endpoint"]
maturity = "production"
min_stack_comments = "New fields added: required_fields, related_integrations, setup"
min_stack_version = "8.3.0"
updated_date = "2023/02/22"
[rule]
author = ["Elastic"]
description = """
Users can mark specific files as hidden simply by putting a "." as the first character in the file or folder name.
Adversaries can use this to their advantage to hide files and folders on the system for persistence and defense evasion.
This rule looks for hidden files or folders in common writable directories.
"""
false_positives = [
"""
Certain tools may create hidden temporary files or directories upon installation or as part of their normal
behavior. These events can be filtered by the process arguments, username, or process name values.
""",
]
from = "now-9m"
index = ["auditbeat-*", "logs-endpoint.events.*"]
language = "eql"
license = "Elastic License v2"
max_signals = 33
name = "Creation of Hidden Files and Directories via CommandLine"
note = """## Setup
If enabling an EQL rule on a non-elastic-agent index (such as beats) for versions <8.2, events will not define `event.ingested` and default fallback for EQL rules was not added until 8.2, so you will need to add a custom pipeline to populate `event.ingested` to @timestamp for this rule to work.
"""
risk_score = 47
rule_id = "b9666521-4742-49ce-9ddc-b8e84c35acae"
severity = "medium"
tags = ["Elastic", "Host", "Linux", "Threat Detection", "Defense Evasion"]
timestamp_override = "event.ingested"
type = "eql"
query = '''
process where host.os.type == "linux" and event.type in ("start", "process_started") and
process.working_directory in ("/tmp", "/var/tmp", "/dev/shm") and
process.args regex~ """\.[a-z0-9_\-][a-z0-9_\-\.]{1,254}""" and
not process.name in ("ls", "find", "grep")
'''
[[rule.threat]]
framework = "MITRE ATT&CK"
[[rule.threat.technique]]
id = "T1564"
name = "Hide Artifacts"
reference = "https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1564/"
[[rule.threat.technique.subtechnique]]
id = "T1564.001"
name = "Hidden Files and Directories"
reference = "https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1564/001/"
[rule.threat.tactic]
id = "TA0005"
name = "Defense Evasion"
reference = "https://attack.mitre.org/tactics/TA0005/"
[[rule.threat]]
framework = "MITRE ATT&CK"
[rule.threat.tactic]
id = "TA0003"
name = "Persistence"
reference = "https://attack.mitre.org/tactics/TA0003/"