Container Management Utility Run Inside A Container

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Container Management Utility Run Inside A Container

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This rule detects when a container management binary is run from inside a container. These binaries are critical components of many containerized environments, and their presence and execution in unauthorized containers could indicate compromise or a misconfiguration.

Rule type: eql

Rule indices:

  • logs-cloud_defend*

Severity: low

Risk score: 21

Runs every: 5m

Searches indices from: now-6m (Date Math format, see also Additional look-back time)

Maximum alerts per execution: 100

References: None

Tags:

  • Data Source: Elastic Defend for Containers
  • Domain: Container
  • OS: Linux
  • Use Case: Threat Detection
  • Tactic: Execution

Version: 2

Rule authors:

  • Elastic

Rule license: Elastic Licence v2

Rule query

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process where container.id: "*" and event.type== "start"
  and process.name: ("dockerd", "docker", "kubelet", "kube-proxy", "kubectl", "containerd", "runc", "systemd", "crictl")

Framework: MITRE ATT&CKTM