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Suspicious JAR Child Process
editSuspicious JAR Child Process
editIdentifies suspicious child processes of a Java Archive (JAR) file. JAR files may be used to deliver malware in order to evade detection.
Rule type: eql
Rule indices:
- auditbeat-*
- logs-endpoint.events.*
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
References: None
Tags:
- Elastic
- Host
- Linux
- macOS
- Threat Detection
- Execution
Version: 2
Rule authors:
- Elastic
Rule license: Elastic License v2
Rule query
editprocess where event.type in ("start", "process_started") and
process.parent.name : "java" and
process.name : ("sh", "bash", "dash", "ksh", "tcsh", "zsh", "curl", "wget") and
process.args : "-jar" and process.args : "*.jar" and
/* Add any FP's here */
not process.executable : ("/Users/*/.sdkman/*", "/Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/*") and
not process.args : ("/usr/local/*", "/Users/*/github.com/*", "/Users/*/src/*")
Framework: MITRE ATT&CKTM
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Tactic:
- Name: Execution
- ID: TA0002
- Reference URL: https://attack.mitre.org/tactics/TA0002/
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Technique:
- Name: Command and Scripting Interpreter
- ID: T1059
- Reference URL: https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1059/
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Sub-technique:
- Name: JavaScript
- ID: T1059.007
- Reference URL: https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1059/007/