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Symlink Etc Passwd

Detects suspicious command lines that look as if they would create symbolic links to /etc/passwd

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Florian Roth (Nextron Systems)Created Fri Apr 05Updated Sat Nov 27c67fc22a-0be5-4b4f-aad5-2b32c4b69523linux

Log Source

Linux

ProductLinux← raw: linux

Detection Logic

detection:
    keywords:
        - 'ln -s -f /etc/passwd'
        - 'ln -s /etc/passwd'
    condition: keywords

False Positives

Unknown

False positive likelihood has not been assessed. Additional context may be needed during triage.

References

MITRE ATT&CK

Tactics

Sub-techniques

Rule Metadata

Rule ID

c67fc22a-0be5-4b4f-aad5-2b32c4b69523

Status

test

Level

high

Type

Detection

Created

Fri Apr 05

Modified

Sat Nov 27

Author

Path

rules/linux/builtin/lnx_symlink_etc_passwd.yml

Raw Tags

attack.t1204.001attack.execution