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Process Capability Enumeration

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Process Capability Enumeration

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Identifies recursive process capability enumeration of the entire filesystem through the getcap command. Malicious users may manipulate identified capabilities to gain root privileges.

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: Discovery
Data Source: Elastic Defend

Version: 1

Rule authors:

Elastic

Rule license: Elastic License v2

Rule query

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process where host.os.type == "linux" and event.action == "exec" and event.type == "start" and
process.name == "getcap" and process.args == "-r" and process.args == "/" and process.args_count == 3 and
user.id != "0"

Framework: MITRE ATT&CK^TM

Tactic:
- Name: Discovery
- ID: TA0007
- Reference URL: https://attack.mitre.org/tactics/TA0007/
Technique:
- Name: Process Discovery
- ID: T1057
- Reference URL: https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1057/

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