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Sudoers File Modification
editSudoers File Modification
editA sudoers file specifies the commands that users or groups can run and from which terminals. Adversaries can take advantage of these configurations to execute commands as other users or spawn processes with higher privileges.
Rule type: query
Rule indices:
- auditbeat-*
- logs-endpoint.events.*
Severity: medium
Risk score: 47
Runs every: 5 minutes
Searches indices from: now-9m (Date Math format, see also Additional look-back time)
Maximum alerts per execution: 100
Tags:
- Elastic
- Host
- Linux
- macOS
- Threat Detection
- Privilege Escalation
Version: 100 (version history)
Added (Elastic Stack release): 7.8.0
Last modified (Elastic Stack release): 8.5.0
Rule authors: Elastic
Rule license: Elastic License v2
Rule query
editevent.category:file and event.type:change and file.path:(/etc/sudoers* or /private/etc/sudoers*)
Threat mapping
editFramework: MITRE ATT&CKTM
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Tactic:
- Name: Privilege Escalation
- ID: TA0004
- Reference URL: https://attack.mitre.org/tactics/TA0004/
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Technique:
- Name: Abuse Elevation Control Mechanism
- ID: T1548
- Reference URL: https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1548/
Rule version history
edit- Version 100 (8.5.0 release)
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- Formatting only
- Version 8 (8.4.0 release)
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- Formatting only
- Version 7 (7.12.0 release)
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Updated query, changed from:
event.category:file and event.type:change and file.path:/etc/sudoers
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- Version 6 (7.11.2 release)
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- Formatting only
- Version 5 (7.11.0 release)
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- Formatting only
- Version 4 (7.10.0 release)
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- Formatting only
- Version 3 (7.9.1 release)
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- Formatting only
- Version 2 (7.9.0 release)
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Updated query, changed from:
event.module:file_integrity and event.action:updated and file.path:/etc/sudoers
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