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Setuid / Setgid Bit Set via chmod

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Setuid / Setgid Bit Set via chmod

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An adversary may add the setuid or setgid bit to a file or directory in order to run a file with the privileges of the owning user or group. An adversary can take advantage of this to either do a shell escape or exploit a vulnerability in an application with the setuid or setgid bit to get code running in a different user’s context. Additionally, adversaries can use this mechanism on their own malware to make sure they’re able to execute in elevated contexts in the future.

Rule type: query

Rule indices:

  • auditbeat-*
  • logs-endpoint.events.*

Severity: low

Risk score: 21

Runs every: 5 minutes

Searches indices from: now-9m (Date Math format, see also Additional look-back time)

Maximum alerts per execution: 33

Tags:

  • Elastic
  • Host
  • Linux
  • macOS
  • Threat Detection
  • Privilege Escalation

Version: 8 (version history)

Added (Elastic Stack release): 7.8.0

Last modified (Elastic Stack release): 7.13.0

Rule authors: Elastic

Rule license: Elastic License v2

Rule query

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event.category:process AND event.type:(start OR process_started) AND
process.name:chmod AND process.args:("+s" OR "u+s" OR /4[0-9]{3}/ OR
g+s OR /2[0-9]{3}/) AND NOT process.args: (
/.*\/Applications\/VirtualBox.app\/.+/ OR
/\/usr\/local\/lib\/python.+/ OR
/\/var\/folders\/.+\/FP.*nstallHelper/ OR
/\/Library\/Filesystems\/.+/ OR
/\/usr\/lib\/virtualbox\/.+/ OR
/\/Library\/Application.*/ OR "/run/postgresql" OR
"/var/crash" OR "/var/run/postgresql" OR
/\/usr\/bin\/.+/ OR /\/usr\/local\/share\/.+/ OR
/\/Applications\/.+/ OR /\/usr\/libexec\/.+/ OR
"/var/metrics" OR /\/var\/lib\/dpkg\/.+/ OR
/\/run\/log\/journal\/.*/ OR
\/Users\/*\/.minikube\/bin\/docker-machine-driver-hyperkit
) AND NOT process.parent.executable: (
/\/var\/lib\/docker\/.+/ OR "/System/Library/PrivateFrame
works/PackageKit.framework/Versions/A/XPCServices/package_script_servi
ce.xpc/Contents/MacOS/package_script_service" OR
"/var/lib/dpkg/info/whoopsie.postinst" )

Threat mapping

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Framework: MITRE ATT&CKTM

Rule version history

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Version 8 (7.13.0 release)

  • Updated query, changed from:

    event.category:process AND event.type:(start OR process_started) AND
process.name:chmod AND process.args:("+s" OR "u+s" OR /4[0-9]{3}/ OR
g+s OR /2[0-9]{3}/)
Version 7 (7.12.0 release)
  • Rule name changed from: Setuid Bit Set via chmod

  • Updated query, changed from:

    event.category:process AND event.type:(start or process_started) AND
process.name:chmod AND process.args:(u+s OR /4[0-9]{3}/) AND NOT
user.name:root
Version 6 (7.11.2 release)
  • Formatting only
Version 5 (7.11.0 release)
  • Formatting only
Version 4 (7.10.0 release)
  • Formatting only
Version 3 (7.9.1 release)
  • Formatting only
Version 2 (7.9.0 release)

  • Updated query, changed from:

    event.action:(executed OR process_started) AND process.name:chmod AND
process.args:(u+s OR /4[0-9]{3}/) AND NOT user.name:root
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