PH_Rule_TH_Linux_31
Enabled
Detects changes to Sudoers file. A sudoers file specifies the commands that users or groups can run and from which terminals. Adversaries can take advantage of these configurations to execute commands as other users or spawn processes with higher privileges. This requires process monitoring via FortiSIEM Linux agent.
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Security
Privilege Escalation
Privilege Escalation consists of techniques that adversaries use to gain higher-level permissions on a system or network. Adversaries can often enter and explore a network with unprivileged access but require elevated permissions to follow through on their objectives. Common approaches are to take advantage of system weaknesses, misconfigurations, and vulnerabilities.
https://attack.mitre.org/tactics/TA0004T1548.003
Abuse Elevation Control Mechanism: Sudo and Sudo Caching
Adversaries may perform sudo caching and/or use the suoders file to elevate privileges. Adversaries may do this to execute commands as other users or spawn processes with higher privileges.
https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1548/003Server
Linux File Monitoring via FortiSIEM Agent
Correlation
No remediation guidance specified
If the following pattern or patterns match an ingested event within the given time window in seconds, trigger an incident.
300 seconds
If the following defined pattern/s occur within a 300 second time window.
Filter
This is the named definition of the event query, this is important if multiple subpatterns are defined to distinguish them.
This is the query logic that matches incoming events
eventType = "FSM_LINUX_FILE_MODIFY" AND targetOsObjType = "File" AND targetOsObjName = "/etc/sudoers"
This defines how matching events are aggregated, only events with the same matching attribute values are grouped into one unique incident ID
hostName, user, targetOsObjType, targetOsObjName
This is most typically a numerical constraint that defines when the rule should trigger an incident
COUNT(*) >= 1
This section defines which fields in matching raw events should be mapped to the incident attributes in the resulting incident.
The available raw event attributes to map are limited to the group by attributes and the aggregate event constraint fields for each subpattern
hostName = Filter.hostName,
user = Filter.user,
fileName = Filter.targetOsObjName