Potential Reverse Shell via Java

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This detection rule identifies the execution of a Linux shell process from a Java JAR application post an incoming network connection. This behavior may indicate reverse shell activity via a Java application.

Rule type: eql

Rule indices:

  • 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:

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

Version: 5

Rule authors:

  • Elastic

Rule license: Elastic License v2

Rule query

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sequence by host.id with maxspan=5s
  [network where host.os.type == "linux" and event.action in ("connection_accepted", "connection_attempted") and
   process.executable : ("/usr/bin/java", "/bin/java", "/usr/lib/jvm/*", "/usr/java/*") and
   destination.ip != null and destination.ip != "127.0.0.1" and destination.ip != "::1"
  ] by process.entity_id
  [process where host.os.type == "linux" and event.action == "exec" and
   process.parent.executable : ("/usr/bin/java", "/bin/java", "/usr/lib/jvm/*", "/usr/java/*") and
   process.parent.args : "-jar" and process.name in ("bash", "dash", "ash", "sh", "tcsh", "csh", "zsh", "ksh", "fish")
  ] by process.parent.entity_id

Framework: MITRE ATT&CKTM