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Linux Process Hooking via GDB

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Linux Process Hooking via GDB

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This rule monitors for potential memory dumping through gdb. Attackers may leverage memory dumping techniques to attempt secret extraction from privileged processes. Tools that display this behavior include "truffleproc" and "bash-memory-dump". This behavior should not happen by default, and should be investigated thoroughly.

Rule type: eql

Rule indices:

logs-endpoint.events.*
endgame-*
auditbeat-*
logs-auditd_manager.auditd-*

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:

Tags:

Domain: Endpoint
OS: Linux
Use Case: Threat Detection
Tactic: Credential Access
Data Source: Elastic Defend
Data Source: Elastic Endgame
Data Source: Auditd Manager

Version: 2

Rule authors:

Elastic

Rule license: Elastic License v2

Rule query

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process where host.os.type == "linux" and event.action in ("exec", "exec_event", "executed", "process_started") and
event.type == "start" and process.name == "gdb" and process.args in ("--pid", "-p") and
/* Covered by d4ff2f53-c802-4d2e-9fb9-9ecc08356c3f */
process.args != "1"

Framework: MITRE ATT&CK^TM

Tactic:
- Name: Credential Access
- ID: TA0006
- Reference URL: https://attack.mitre.org/tactics/TA0006/
Technique:
- Name: OS Credential Dumping
- ID: T1003
- Reference URL: https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1003/
Sub-technique:
- Name: Proc Filesystem
- ID: T1003.007
- Reference URL: https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1003/007/

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