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Auditd Max Login Sessions

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Auditd Max Login Sessions

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Identifies that the maximum number login sessions has been reached for a user.

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 alerts per execution: 100

References:

https://github.com/linux-pam/linux-pam/blob/70c32cc6fca51338f92afa58eb75b1107a5c2430/modules/pam_limits/pam_limits.c#L1007

Tags:

Elastic
Host
Linux
Threat Detection
Initial Access

Version: 1

Added (Elastic Stack release): 7.12.0

Rule authors: Elastic

Rule license: Elastic License v2

Rule query

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event.module:auditd and event.action:"opened-too-many-sessions-to"

Threat mapping

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Framework: MITRE ATT&CK^TM

Tactic:
- Name: Initial Access
- ID: TA0001
- Reference URL: https://attack.mitre.org/tactics/TA0001/
Technique:
- Name: Valid Accounts
- ID: T1078
- Reference URL: https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1078/
Tactic:
- Name: Persistence
- ID: TA0003
- Reference URL: https://attack.mitre.org/tactics/TA0003/
Technique:
- Name: Valid Accounts
- ID: T1078
- Reference URL: https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1078/

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