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
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