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Shell Invocation Via Ssh - Linux
Detects the use of the "ssh" utility to execute a shell. Such behavior may be associated with privilege escalation, unauthorized command execution, or to break out from restricted environments.
MITRE ATT&CK coverage
| Tactic | Techniques |
|---|---|
| Execution | T1059 Command and Scripting Interpreter |
Event coverage
| Provider | Event |
|---|---|
| Sysmon-for-Linux | Event ID 1 |
Rule body yaml
title: Shell Invocation Via Ssh - Linux
id: 8737b7f6-8df3-4bb7-b1da-06019b99b687
status: test
description: |
Detects the use of the "ssh" utility to execute a shell. Such behavior may be associated with privilege escalation, unauthorized command execution, or to break out from restricted environments.
references:
- https://gtfobins.github.io/gtfobins/ssh/
- https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/security/current/linux-restricted-shell-breakout-via-linux-binary-s.html
author: Li Ling, Andy Parkidomo, Robert Rakowski, Blake Hartstein (Bloomberg L.P.)
date: 2024-08-29
tags:
- attack.execution
- attack.t1059
logsource:
category: process_creation
product: linux
detection:
selection_img:
Image|endswith: '/ssh'
CommandLine|contains:
- 'ProxyCommand=;'
- 'permitlocalcommand=yes'
- 'localhost'
selection_cli:
CommandLine|contains:
- '/bin/bash'
- '/bin/dash'
- '/bin/fish'
- '/bin/sh'
- '/bin/zsh'
- 'sh 0<&2 1>&2'
- 'sh 1>&2 0<&2'
condition: all of selection_*
falsepositives:
- Unknown
level: high
Stages and Predicates
Stage 0: condition
all of selection_*Stage 1: selection_img
selection_img:
Image|endswith: '/ssh'
CommandLine|contains:
- 'ProxyCommand=;'
- 'permitlocalcommand=yes'
- 'localhost'
Stage 2: selection_cli
selection_cli:
CommandLine|contains:
- '/bin/bash'
- '/bin/dash'
- '/bin/fish'
- '/bin/sh'
- '/bin/zsh'
- 'sh 0<&2 1>&2'
- 'sh 1>&2 0<&2'
Indicators
Each row is a field, operator, and value that the rule matches. The corpus column counts how many other rules in the catalog look for the same combination: high numbers point to widely-used, community-vetted indicators. Blank or 1 shows that the indicator is specific to this rule.
| Field | Kind | Values |
|---|---|---|
CommandLine | match |
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Image | ends_with |
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