IMPORTANT: No additional bug fixes or documentation updates
will be released for this version. For the latest information, see the
current release documentation.
Unusual Process Execution - Tempedit
Identifies processes running in a temporary folder. This is sometimes done by adversaries to hide malware.
Rule indices:
- auditbeat-*
Severity: medium
Risk score: 47
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
Rule version: 1
Added (Elastic Stack release): 7.6.0
Potential false positivesedit
Build systems, like Jenkins, may start processes in the /tmp directory. These
can be exempted by name or by username.
Rule queryedit
process.working_directory: /tmp and event.action:executed