Elastic Security Detection Rules

Process Capability Enumeration

Last updated a year ago on 2025-02-04
Created 2 years ago on 2024-01-09

About

Identifies recursive process capability enumeration of the entire filesystem through the getcap command. Malicious users may manipulate identified capabilities to gain root privileges.
Tags
Domain: EndpointOS: LinuxUse Case: Threat DetectionTactic: DiscoveryData Source: Elastic DefendData Source: Elastic EndgameData Source: CrowdstrikeLanguage: eql
Severity
low
Risk Score
21
MITRE ATT&CK™

Discovery (TA0007)(external, opens in a new tab or window)

↳ Process Discovery (T1057)(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
endgame-*logs-crowdstrike.fdr*logs-endpoint.events.process*
Related Integrations

endpoint(external, opens in a new tab or window)

crowdstrike(external, opens in a new tab or window)

Query
text code block:
process where host.os.type == "linux" and event.type == "start" and
  event.action in ("exec", "exec_event", "ProcessRollup2") and
  process.name == "getcap" and process.args == "-r" and process.args == "/" and
  process.args_count == 3 and user.id != "0"

Install detection rules in Elastic Security

Detect Process Capability Enumeration 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).