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Namespace Manipulation Using Unshare

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Namespace Manipulation Using Unshare

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Identifies suspicious usage of unshare to manipulate system namespaces. Unshare can be utilized to escalate privileges or escape container security boundaries. Threat actors have utilized this binary to allow themselves to escape to the host and access other resources or escalate privileges.

Rule type: eql

Rule indices:

  • auditbeat-*
  • logs-endpoint.events.*
  • endgame-*

Severity: medium

Risk score: 47

Runs every: 5m

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

Maximum alerts per execution: 100

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Tags:

  • Domain: Endpoint
  • OS: Linux
  • Use Case: Threat Detection
  • Tactic: Privilege Escalation
  • Data Source: Elastic Endgame
  • Data Source: Elastic Defend

Version: 8

Rule authors:

  • Elastic

Rule license: Elastic License v2

Rule query

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process where host.os.type == "linux" and event.type == "start" and event.action : ("exec", "exec_event") and
process.executable: "/usr/bin/unshare" and
not process.parent.executable: ("/usr/bin/udevadm", "*/lib/systemd/systemd-udevd", "/usr/bin/unshare") and
not process.args : "/usr/bin/snap"

Framework: MITRE ATT&CKTM

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