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Potential Disabling of AppArmoredit

This rule monitors for potential attempts to disable AppArmor. AppArmor is a Linux security module that enforces fine-grained access control policies to restrict the actions and resources that specific applications and processes can access. Adversaries may disable security tools to avoid possible detection of their tools and activities.

Rule type: eql

Rule indices:

  • logs-endpoint.events.*

Severity: low

Risk score: 21

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: Defense Evasion
  • Data Source: Elastic Defend

Version: 3

Rule authors:

  • Elastic

Rule license: Elastic License v2

Rule queryedit

process where host.os.type == "linux" and event.action == "exec" and event.type == "start" and (
  (process.name == "systemctl" and process.args == "disable" and process.args == "apparmor") or
  (process.name == "ln" and process.args : "/etc/apparmor.d/*" and process.args : "/etc/apparmor.d/disable/")
)

Framework: MITRE ATT&CKTM

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