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System Owner/User Discovery Linux

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Identifies the use of built-in tools which adversaries may use to enumerate the system owner/user of a compromised system.

Rule type: new_terms

Rule indices:

  • logs-endpoint.events.*
  • endgame-*
  • logs-sentinel_one_cloud_funnel.*

Severity: low

Risk score: 21

Runs every: 60m

Searches indices from: now-119m (Date Math format, see also Additional look-back time)

Maximum alerts per execution: 100

References: None

Tags:

  • Domain: Endpoint
  • OS: Linux
  • Use Case: Threat Detection
  • Tactic: Discovery
  • Rule Type: BBR
  • Data Source: Elastic Defend
  • Data Source: Elastic Endgame
  • Data Source: SentinelOne

Version: 7

Rule authors:

  • Elastic

Rule license: Elastic License v2

Rule query

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event.category:process and host.os.type:linux and event.type:start and event.action:(exec or exec_event or start) and
process.name:("whoami" or "w" or "who" or "users" or "id" or "groups")

Framework: MITRE ATT&CKTM