Elastic Security Detection Rules

Remote File Creation in World Writeable Directory

Last updated 4 months ago on 2025-04-07
Created 6 months ago on 2025-02-20

About

This rule detects the creation of a file in a world-writeable directory through a service that is commonly used for file transfer. This behavior is often associated with lateral movement and can be an indicator of an attacker attempting to move laterally within a network.
Tags
Domain: EndpointOS: LinuxUse Case: Threat DetectionTactic: Lateral MovementData Source: Elastic DefendLanguage: eql
Severity
medium
Risk Score
47
MITRE ATT&CK™

Lateral Movement (TA0008)(opens in a new tab or window)

↳ Remote Services (T1021)(opens in a new tab or window)

↳ Lateral Tool Transfer (T1570)(opens in a new tab or window)

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

Definition

Rule Type
Event Correlation Rule
Integration Pack
Prebuilt Security Detection Rules
Index Patterns
logs-endpoint.events.file*auditbeat-*
Related Integrations

endpoint(opens in a new tab or window)

Query
file where host.os.type == "linux" and event.action == "creation" and
process.name in ("scp", "sshd", "ssh", "ftp", "sftp", "vsftpd", "sftp-server", "rsync") and
file.path like~ ("/tmp*", "/var/tmp*", "/dev/shm/*", "/home/.*") and user.id != "0"

Install detection rules in Elastic Security

Detect Remote File Creation in World Writeable Directory 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(opens in a new tab or window).