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Suspicious /proc/maps Discovery

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Suspicious /proc/maps Discovery

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Monitors for /proc//maps file reads. The /proc//maps file in Linux provides a memory map for a specific process, detailing the memory segments, permissions, and what files are mapped to these segments. Attackers may read a process’s memory map to identify memory addresses for code injection or process hijacking.

Rule type: eql

Rule indices:

  • logs-endpoint.events.*

Severity: low

Risk score: 21

Runs every: 5m

Searches indices from: now-9m (Date Math format, see also Additional look-back time)

Maximum alerts per execution: 100

References:

Tags:

  • Domain: Endpoint
  • OS: Linux
  • Use Case: Threat Detection
  • Tactic: Discovery
  • Data Source: Elastic Defend

Version: 1

Rule authors:

  • Elastic

Rule license: Elastic License v2

Rule query

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process where host.os.type == "linux" and event.action == "exec" and event.type == "start" and
process.name in ("cat", "grep") and process.args : "/proc/*/maps" and process.entry_leader.name in (
  "bash", "dash", "sh", "tcsh", "csh", "zsh", "ksh", "fish"
)

Framework: MITRE ATT&CKTM

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