Detectionlowtest

Crontab Enumeration

Detects usage of crontab to list the tasks of the user

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Joseliyo SanchezCreated Fri Jun 02403ed92c-b7ec-4edd-9947-5b535ee12d46linux

Log Source

LinuxProcess Creation

ProductLinux← raw: linux

CategoryProcess Creation← raw: process_creation

Events generated when a new process is spawned on the system. Covers command-line arguments, parent/child relationships, and process metadata.

Detection Logic

detection:
    selection:
        Image|endswith: '/crontab'
        CommandLine|contains: ' -l'
    condition: selection

False Positives

Legitimate use of crontab

References

MITRE ATT&CK

Tactics

Techniques

Rule Metadata

Rule ID

403ed92c-b7ec-4edd-9947-5b535ee12d46

Status

test

Level

low

Type

Detection

Created

Fri Jun 02

Author

Path

rules/linux/process_creation/proc_creation_lnx_crontab_enumeration.yml

Raw Tags

attack.discoveryattack.t1007