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Suspicious JAVA Child Process
editSuspicious JAVA Child Process
editIdentifies suspicious child processes of the Java interpreter process. This may indicate an attempt to execute a malicious JAR file or an exploitation attempt via a JAVA specific vulnerability.
Rule type: eql
Rule indices:
- auditbeat-*
- logs-endpoint.events.*
Severity: medium
Risk score: 47
Runs every: 5m
Searches indices from: now-9m (Date Math format, see also Additional look-back time
)
Maximum alerts per execution: 100
References:
Tags:
- Elastic
- Host
- Linux
- macOS
- Threat Detection
- Execution
Version: 3
Rule authors:
- Elastic
Rule license: Elastic License v2
Rule query
editprocess where event.type in ("start", "process_started") and process.parent.name : "java" and process.name : ("sh", "bash", "dash", "ksh", "tcsh", "zsh", "curl", "wget")
Framework: MITRE ATT&CKTM
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Tactic:
- Name: Execution
- ID: TA0002
- Reference URL: https://attack.mitre.org/tactics/TA0002/
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Technique:
- Name: Command and Scripting Interpreter
- ID: T1059
- Reference URL: https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1059/
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Sub-technique:
- Name: JavaScript
- ID: T1059.007
- Reference URL: https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1059/007/