The SIEM app is now a part of the Elastic Security solution.
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Unusual Process Execution - Temp
editUnusual Process Execution - Temp
editIdentifies processes running in a temporary folder. This is sometimes done by adversaries to hide malware.
Rule type: query
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
Version: 2 (version history)
Added (Elastic Stack release): 7.6.0
Last modified (Elastic Stack release): 7.7.0
Potential false positives
editBuild systems, like Jenkins, may start processes in the /tmp
directory. These
can be exempted by name or by username.
Rule query
editprocess.working_directory:/tmp and event.action:executed
Rule version history
edit- Version 2 (7.7.0 release)
-
Updated query, changed from:
process.working_directory: /tmp and event.action:executed