Suspicious SUID/SGID Utility Execution

[rule]
description = """
This rule looks for likely exploitation behavior by detecting common SUID helpers such as su, sudo, pkexec, and passwd
being launched with minimal arguments from interpreters, temporary paths, home directories, or shell one-liners.
"""
id = "83b0e48b-f42e-4323-b8cd-386619a96d35"
license = "Elastic License v2"
name = "Suspicious SUID/SGID Utility Execution"
os_list = ["linux"]
reference = ["https://xint.io/blog/copy-fail-linux-distributions", "https://github.com/badsectorlabs/copyfail-go"]
version = "1.0.3"

query = '''
process where event.type == "start" and event.action == "exec" and (
  (process.user.id == 0 and process.real_user.id != 0) or
  (process.group.id == 0 and process.real_group.id != 0)
) and (
  (process.name == "su" and process.args_count <= 2) or
  (process.name == "sudo" and process.args_count == 1) or
  (process.name == "pkexec" and process.args_count == 1) or
  (process.name == "passwd" and process.args_count <= 2)
) and
(
  process.parent.name like (".*", "python*", "perl*", "ruby*", "lua*", "php*", "node", "deno", "bun", "java") or
  process.parent.executable like ("./*", "/tmp/*", "/var/tmp/*", "/dev/shm/*", "/run/user/*", "/var/run/user/*", "/home/*/*") or
  (
    process.parent.name in ("bash", "dash", "sh", "tcsh", "csh", "zsh", "ksh", "fish", "mksh") and
    process.parent.args in ("-c", "-cl", "-lc", "--command", "-ic", "-ci") and
    process.parent.args_count <= 4
  )
) and
not (
  (process.name == "passwd" and process.parent.command_line like "*Bastion*") or
  (process.executable == "/usr/bin/sudo" and process.parent.command_line like "*clean_pat_system_pip.py*")
)
'''

min_endpoint_version = "8.2.0"
optional_actions = []
[[actions]]
action = "kill_process"
field = "process.entity_id"
state = 0

[[actions]]
action = "kill_process"
field = "process.parent.entity_id"
state = 0

[[threat]]
framework = "MITRE ATT&CK"
[[threat.technique]]
id = "T1068"
name = "Exploitation for Privilege Escalation"
reference = "https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1068/"

[[threat.technique]]
id = "T1548"
name = "Abuse Elevation Control Mechanism"
reference = "https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1548/"
[[threat.technique.subtechnique]]
id = "T1548.001"
name = "Setuid and Setgid"
reference = "https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1548/001/"

[[threat.technique.subtechnique]]
id = "T1548.003"
name = "Sudo and Sudo Caching"
reference = "https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1548/003/"



[threat.tactic]
id = "TA0004"
name = "Privilege Escalation"
reference = "https://attack.mitre.org/tactics/TA0004/"

[internal]
min_endpoint_version = "8.2.0"