process where host.os.type == "linux" and event.type == "start" and
(
  /* launching shell from capsh */
  (process.name == "capsh" and process.args == "--") or
  
  /* launching shells from unusual parents or parent+arg combos */
  (process.name in ("bash", "dash", "ash", "sh", "tcsh", "csh", "zsh", "ksh", "fish") and (
    (process.parent.name : "*awk" and process.parent.args : "BEGIN {system(*)}") or
    (process.parent.name == "git" and process.parent.args : ("*PAGER*", "!*sh", "exec *sh") or 
     process.args : ("*PAGER*", "!*sh", "exec *sh") and not process.name == "ssh" ) or
    (process.parent.name : ("byebug", "ftp", "strace", "zip", "tar") and 
    (
      process.parent.args : "BEGIN {system(*)}" or
      (process.parent.args : ("*PAGER*", "!*sh", "exec *sh") or process.args : ("*PAGER*", "!*sh", "exec *sh")) or
      (
        (process.parent.args : "exec=*sh" or (process.parent.args : "-I" and process.parent.args : "*sh")) or
        (process.args : "exec=*sh" or (process.args : "-I" and process.args : "*sh"))
        )
      )
    ) or
    
    /* shells specified in parent args */
    /* nice rule is broken in 8.2 */
    (process.parent.args : "*sh" and
      (
        (process.parent.name == "nice") or
        (process.parent.name == "cpulimit" and process.parent.args == "-f") or
        (process.parent.name == "find" and process.parent.args == "." and process.parent.args == "-exec" and 
         process.parent.args == ";" and process.parent.args : "/bin/*sh") or
        (process.parent.name == "flock" and process.parent.args == "-u" and process.parent.args == "/")
      )
    )
  )) or

  /* shells specified in args */
  (process.args : "*sh" and (
    (process.parent.name == "crash" and process.parent.args == "-h") or
    (process.name == "sensible-pager" and process.parent.name in ("apt", "apt-get") and process.parent.args == "changelog")
    /* scope to include more sensible-pager invoked shells with different parent process to reduce noise and remove false positives */
    
  )) or
  (process.name == "busybox" and event.action == "exec" and process.args_count == 2 and process.args : "*sh" and not 
   process.executable : "/var/lib/docker/overlay2/*/merged/bin/busybox" and not (process.parent.args == "init" and
   process.parent.args == "runc") and not process.parent.args in ("ls-remote", "push", "fetch") and not process.parent.name == "mkinitramfs") or
  (process.name == "env" and process.args_count == 2 and process.args : "*sh") or
  (process.parent.name in ("vi", "vim") and process.parent.args == "-c" and process.parent.args : ":!*sh") or
  (process.parent.name in ("c89", "c99", "gcc") and process.parent.args : "*sh,-s" and process.parent.args == "-wrapper") or
  (process.parent.name == "expect" and process.parent.args == "-c" and process.parent.args : "spawn *sh;interact") or
  (process.parent.name == "mysql" and process.parent.args == "-e" and process.parent.args : "\\!*sh") or
  (process.parent.name == "ssh" and process.parent.args == "-o" and process.parent.args : "ProxyCommand=;*sh 0<&2 1>&2")
)