Modification of Standard Authentication Module or Configuration

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Modification of Standard Authentication Module or Configuration

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Adversaries may modify the standard authentication module for persistence via patching the normal authorization process or modifying the login configuration to allow unauthorized access or elevate privileges.

Rule type: new_terms

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:

Tags:

  • Domain: Endpoint
  • OS: macOS
  • OS: Linux
  • Use Case: Threat Detection
  • Tactic: Credential Access
  • Tactic: Persistence
  • Data Source: Elastic Defend

Version: 204

Rule authors:

  • Elastic

Rule license: Elastic License v2

Rule query

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event.category:file and event.type:change and
  (file.name:pam_*.so or file.path:(/etc/pam.d/* or /private/etc/pam.d/* or /usr/lib64/security/*)) and
  process.executable:
    (* and
      not
      (
        /usr/libexec/packagekitd or
        /usr/bin/vim or
        /usr/libexec/xpcproxy or
        /usr/bin/bsdtar or
        /usr/local/bin/brew or
        "/System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/PackageKit.framework/Versions/A/XPCServices/package_script_service.xpc/Contents/MacOS/package_script_service"
      )
    ) and
  not file.path:
         (
           /tmp/snap.rootfs_*/pam_*.so or
           /tmp/newroot/lib/*/pam_*.so or
           /private/var/folders/*/T/com.apple.fileprovider.ArchiveService/TemporaryItems/*/lib/security/pam_*.so or
           /tmp/newroot/usr/lib64/security/pam_*.so
         ) and
  not process.name:
         (
           yum or dnf or rsync or platform-python or authconfig or rpm or pdkg or apk or dnf-automatic or btrfs or
           dpkg or pam-auth-update or steam or platform-python3.6 or pam-config or microdnf or yum_install or yum-cron or
           systemd or containerd or pacman
         )

Framework: MITRE ATT&CKTM