Unusual User Privilege Enumeration via id

This rule monitors for a sequence of 20 "id" command executions within 1 second by the same parent process. This behavior is unusual, and may be indicative of the execution of an enumeration script such as LinPEAS or LinEnum. These scripts leverage the "id" command to enumerate the privileges of all users present on the system.

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 1[metadata]
 2creation_date = "2023/08/29"
 3integration = ["endpoint"]
 4maturity = "production"
 5min_stack_comments = "New fields added: required_fields, related_integrations, setup"
 6min_stack_version = "8.3.0"
 7updated_date = "2024/03/08"
 8
 9[rule]
10author = ["Elastic"]
11description = """
12This rule monitors for a sequence of 20 "id" command executions within 1 second by the same parent process. This
13behavior is unusual, and may be indicative of the execution of an enumeration script such as LinPEAS or LinEnum. These 
14scripts leverage the "id" command to enumerate the privileges of all users present on the system.
15"""
16from = "now-9m"
17index = ["logs-endpoint.events.*"]
18language = "eql"
19license = "Elastic License v2"
20name = "Unusual User Privilege Enumeration via id"
21risk_score = 21
22rule_id = "afa135c0-a365-43ab-aa35-fd86df314a47"
23setup = """## Setup
24
25This rule requires data coming in from Elastic Defend.
26
27### Elastic Defend Integration Setup
28Elastic Defend is integrated into the Elastic Agent using Fleet. Upon configuration, the integration allows the Elastic Agent to monitor events on your host and send data to the Elastic Security app.
29
30#### Prerequisite Requirements:
31- Fleet is required for Elastic Defend.
32- To configure Fleet Server refer to the [documentation](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/fleet/current/fleet-server.html).
33
34#### The following steps should be executed in order to add the Elastic Defend integration on a Linux System:
35- Go to the Kibana home page and click "Add integrations".
36- In the query bar, search for "Elastic Defend" and select the integration to see more details about it.
37- Click "Add Elastic Defend".
38- Configure the integration name and optionally add a description.
39- Select the type of environment you want to protect, either "Traditional Endpoints" or "Cloud Workloads".
40- Select a configuration preset. Each preset comes with different default settings for Elastic Agent, you can further customize these later by configuring the Elastic Defend integration policy. [Helper guide](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/security/current/configure-endpoint-integration-policy.html).
41- We suggest selecting "Complete EDR (Endpoint Detection and Response)" as a configuration setting, that provides "All events; all preventions"
42- Enter a name for the agent policy in "New agent policy name". If other agent policies already exist, you can click the "Existing hosts" tab and select an existing policy instead.
43For more details on Elastic Agent configuration settings, refer to the [helper guide](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/fleet/8.10/agent-policy.html).
44- Click "Save and Continue".
45- To complete the integration, select "Add Elastic Agent to your hosts" and continue to the next section to install the Elastic Agent on your hosts.
46For more details on Elastic Defend refer to the [helper guide](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/security/current/install-endpoint.html).
47"""
48severity = "low"
49tags = ["Domain: Endpoint", "OS: Linux", "Use Case: Threat Detection", "Tactic: Discovery", "Data Source: Elastic Defend"]
50type = "eql"
51query = '''
52sequence by host.id, process.parent.entity_id with maxspan=1s
53  [process where host.os.type == "linux" and event.type == "start" and event.action == "exec" and 
54   process.name == "id" and process.args_count == 2 and 
55   not (process.parent.name == "rpm" or process.parent.args : "/var/tmp/rpm-tmp*")] with runs=20
56'''
57
58[[rule.threat]]
59framework = "MITRE ATT&CK"
60
61[[rule.threat.technique]]
62id = "T1033"
63name = "System Owner/User Discovery"
64reference = "https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1033/"
65
66[rule.threat.tactic]
67id = "TA0007"
68name = "Discovery"
69reference = "https://attack.mitre.org/tactics/TA0007/"

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