Suspicious Interactive Process Execution Detected via Defend for Containers

Last updated 5 days ago on 2026-02-06

Created 5 days ago on 2026-02-06

About

This rule detects the execution of an interactive process from a suspicious directory inside a container. The suspicious directories are /tmp, /dev/shm, /var/tmp, /run, /var/run, /mnt, /media, and /boot. Adversaries may use these directories to execute malicious code or exfiltrate data.

Tags

Data Source: Elastic Defend for ContainersDomain: ContainerOS: LinuxUse Case: Threat DetectionTactic: Defense EvasionTactic: ExecutionLanguage: eql

Severity

high

Risk Score

MITRE ATT&CK™

Defense Evasion (TA0005)(external, opens in a new tab or window)

↳ Reflective Code Loading (T1620)(external, opens in a new tab or window)

Execution (TA0002)(external, opens in a new tab or window)

↳ Command and Scripting Interpreter (T1059)(external, opens in a new tab or window)

Command and Control (TA0011)(external, opens in a new tab or window)

↳ Application Layer Protocol (T1071)(external, opens in a new tab or window)

License

Elastic License v2(external, opens in a new tab or window)

Definition

Rule Type: Event Correlation Rule
Integration Pack: Prebuilt Security Detection Rules
Index Patterns: logs-cloud_defend.process*
Related Integrations: cloud_defend(external, opens in a new tab or window)
Query

✄𐘗text code block:
✄𐘗process where event.type == "start" and event.action == "exec" and process.interactive == true and
process.executable like (
  "/tmp/*", "/dev/shm/*", "/var/tmp/*", "/run/*", "/var/run/*", "/mnt/*", "/media/*", "/boot/*"
) and container.id like "?*"

Install detection rules in Elastic Security

Detect Suspicious Interactive Process Execution Detected via Defend for Containers in the Elastic Security detection engine by installing this rule into your Elastic Stack.

To setup this rule, check out the installation guide for Prebuilt Security Detection Rules(external, opens in a new tab or window).