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Tampering of Bash Command-Line History
editTampering of Bash Command-Line History
editAdversaries may attempt to clear or disable the Bash command-line history in an attempt to evade detection or forensic investigations.
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
- Threat Detection
- Defense Evasion
Version: 7
Rule authors:
- Elastic
Rule license: Elastic License v2
Investigation guide
edit## Config If enabling an EQL rule on a non-elastic-agent index (such as beats) for versions <8.2, events will not define `event.ingested` and default fallback for EQL rules was not added until 8.2, so you will need to add a custom pipeline to populate `event.ingested` to @timestamp for this rule to work.
Rule query
editprocess where event.type in ("start", "process_started") and ( (process.args : ("rm", "echo") and process.args : (".bash_history", "/root/.bash_history", "/home/*/.bash_history")) or (process.name : "history" and process.args : "-c") or (process.args : "export" and process.args : ("HISTFILE=/dev/null", "HISTFILESIZE=0")) or (process.args : "unset" and process.args : "HISTFILE") or (process.args : "set" and process.args : "history" and process.args : "+o") )
Framework: MITRE ATT&CKTM
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Tactic:
- Name: Defense Evasion
- ID: TA0005
- Reference URL: https://attack.mitre.org/tactics/TA0005/
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Technique:
- Name: Indicator Removal on Host
- ID: T1070
- Reference URL: https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1070/
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Sub-technique:
- Name: Clear Command History
- ID: T1070.003
- Reference URL: https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1070/003/