Shell Execution via Find - Linux

calendar Sep 2, 2024 · attack.discovery attack.t1083  ·
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Detects the use of the find command to execute a shell. Such behavior may be associated with privilege escalation, unauthorized command execution, or exploitation attempt.

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 1title: Shell Execution via Find - Linux
 2id: 6adfbf8f-52be-4444-9bac-81b539624146
 3status: experimental
 4description: |
 5        Detects the use of the find command to execute a shell. Such behavior may be associated with privilege escalation, unauthorized command execution, or exploitation attempt.
 6references:
 7    - https://gtfobins.github.io/gtfobins/find/#shell
 8    - https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/security/current/linux-restricted-shell-breakout-via-linux-binary-s.html
 9author: Li Ling, Andy Parkidomo, Robert Rakowski, Blake Hartstein (Bloomberg L.P.)
10date: 2024-09-02
11tags:
12    - attack.discovery
13    - attack.t1083
14logsource:
15    category: process_creation
16    product: linux
17detection:
18    selection_img:
19        Image|endswith: '/find'
20        CommandLine|contains|all:
21            - ' . '
22            - '-exec'
23    selection_cli:
24        CommandLine|contains:
25            - '/bin/bash'
26            - '/bin/dash'
27            - '/bin/fish'
28            - '/bin/sh'
29            - '/bin/zsh'
30    condition: all of selection_*
31falsepositives:
32    - Unknown
33level: high

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