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Interactive Terminal Spawned via Pythonedit
Identifies when a terminal (tty) is spawned via Python. Attackers may upgrade a simple reverse shell to a fully interactive tty after obtaining initial access to a host.
Rule type: eql
Rule indices:
- logs-endpoint.events.*
- endgame-*
Severity: high
Risk score: 73
Runs every: 5m
Searches indices from: now-9m (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: Execution
- Data Source: Elastic Endgame
Version: 106
Rule authors:
- Elastic
Rule license: Elastic License v2
Rule queryedit
process where host.os.type == "linux" and event.action in ("exec", "exec_event") and
(
(process.parent.name : "python*" and process.name : "*sh" and process.parent.args_count >= 3 and
process.parent.args : "*pty.spawn*" and process.parent.args : "-c") or
(process.parent.name : "python*" and process.name : "*sh" and process.args : "*sh" and process.args_count == 1
and process.parent.args_count == 1)
)
Framework: MITRE ATT&CKTM
-
Tactic:
- Name: Execution
- ID: TA0002
- Reference URL: https://attack.mitre.org/tactics/TA0002/
-
Technique:
- Name: Command and Scripting Interpreter
- ID: T1059
- Reference URL: https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1059/
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Sub-technique:
- Name: Python
- ID: T1059.006
- Reference URL: https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1059/006/