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SUID/SGUID Enumeration Detected

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SUID/SGUID Enumeration Detected

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This rule monitors for the usage of the "find" command in conjunction with SUID and SGUID permission arguments. SUID (Set User ID) and SGID (Set Group ID) are special permissions in Linux that allow a program to execute with the privileges of the file owner or group, respectively, rather than the privileges of the user running the program. In case an attacker is able to enumerate and find a binary that is misconfigured, they might be able to leverage this misconfiguration to escalate privileges by exploiting vulnerabilities or built-in features in the privileged program.

Rule type: eql

Rule indices:

logs-endpoint.events.*

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: None

Tags:

Domain: Endpoint
OS: Linux
Use Case: Threat Detection
Tactic: Discovery
Tactic: Privilege Escalation
Data Source: Elastic Defend

Version: 4

Rule authors:

Elastic

Rule license: Elastic License v2

Rule query

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process where host.os.type == "linux" and event.type == "start" and event.action == "exec" and
process.name == "find" and process.args : "-perm" and process.args : (
  "/6000", "-6000", "/4000", "-4000", "/2000", "-2000", "/u=s", "-u=s", "/g=s", "-g=s", "/u=s,g=s", "/g=s,u=s"
) and not (
  user.Ext.real.id == "0" or group.Ext.real.id == "0" or process.args_count >= 12 or
  (process.args : "/usr/bin/pkexec" and process.args : "-xdev" and process.args_count == 7)
)

Framework: MITRE ATT&CK^TM

Tactic:
- Name: Discovery
- ID: TA0007
- Reference URL: https://attack.mitre.org/tactics/TA0007/
Technique:
- Name: File and Directory Discovery
- ID: T1083
- Reference URL: https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1083/
Tactic:
- Name: Privilege Escalation
- ID: TA0004
- Reference URL: https://attack.mitre.org/tactics/TA0004/
Technique:
- Name: Abuse Elevation Control Mechanism
- ID: T1548
- Reference URL: https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1548/
Sub-technique:
- Name: Setuid and Setgid
- ID: T1548.001
- Reference URL: https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1548/001/
Tactic:
- Name: Persistence
- ID: TA0003
- Reference URL: https://attack.mitre.org/tactics/TA0003/

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