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Linux: Shell execution via find command

Detection of the use of the find command to execute a shell, which may be associated with privilege escalation, unauthorized command execution, or exploitation attempts.

Triage facts

Revision 1
Evidence
Unknown
Severity
High
Sources
3 public sources
Freshness
Revision 1Nov 11, 11:39 UTC
Detection
1 rule
Source quality
A2Roughly even chance

The find command in Linux environments can be used to execute a shell. This behavior may be associated with privilege escalation, unauthorized command execution, or exploitation attempts. This detection focuses on process creation events where the find command is executed with the '-exec' flag in conjunction with common shell binaries.

Detection Logic

The detection identifies the execution of the 'find' binary where the command line contains the '-exec' argument and references to common shells (/bin/bash, /bin/dash, /bin/fish, /bin/sh, or /bin/zsh).

Detection coverage 1

Shell Execution via Find - Linux

high
sigma sources: process_creation, linux

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