Interactive Terminal Spawned via Python

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Identifies when a terminal (tty) is spawned via Python. Attackers may upgrade a simple reverse shell to a fully interactive tty after obtaining initial access to a host.

Rule type: eql

Rule indices:

  • logs-endpoint.events.*

Severity: high

Risk score: 73

Runs every: 5m

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

Maximum alerts per execution: 100

References: None

Tags:

  • Domain: Endpoint
  • OS: Linux
  • Use Case: Threat Detection
  • Tactic: Execution
  • Data Source: Elastic Endgame

Version: 105

Rule authors:

  • Elastic

Rule license: Elastic License v2

Rule query

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sequence with maxspan=1m
  [process where host.os.type == "linux" and event.type == "start" and process.name : "python*"] by process.entity_id
  [process where host.os.type == "linux" and event.type == "start" and
   process.executable : "/bin/*sh"
  ] by process.parent.entity_id

Framework: MITRE ATT&CKTM