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User Discovery via Whoamiedit
The whoami
application was executed on a Linux host. This is often used by
tools and persistence mechanisms to test for privileged access.
Rule type: query
Rule indices:
- auditbeat-*
Severity: low
Risk score: 21
Runs every: 5 minutes
Searches indices from: now-6m (Date Math format, see also Additional look-back time
)
Maximum signals per execution: 100
Tags:
- Elastic
- Linux
Version: 2 (version history)
Added (Elastic Stack release): 7.6.0
Last modified (Elastic Stack release): 7.7.0
Potential false positivesedit
Security testing tools and frameworks may run this command. Some normal use of this command may originate from automation tools and frameworks.
Rule queryedit
process.name:whoami and event.action:executed
Threat mappingedit
Framework: MITRE ATT&CKTM
-
Tactic:
- Name: Discovery
- ID: TA0007
- Reference URL: https://attack.mitre.org/tactics/TA0007/
-
Technique:
- Name: System Owner/User Discovery
- ID: T1033
- Reference URL: https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1033/
Rule version historyedit
- Version 2 (7.7.0 release)
-
Updated query, changed from:
process.name: whoami and event.action:executed