sequence by host.id, process.parent.entity_id with maxspan=1s
[process where host.os.type == "linux" and event.type == "start" and event.action == "exec" and
process.parent.executable != null and
(
process.name : (
"curl", "wget", "python*", "perl*", "php*", "ruby*", "lua*", "telnet", "pwsh",
"openssl", "nc", "ncat", "netcat", "awk", "gawk", "mawk", "nawk", "socat", "node"
) or
process.executable : (
"./*", "/tmp/*", "/var/tmp/*", "/var/www/*", "/dev/shm/*", "/etc/init.d/*", "/etc/rc*.d/*",
"/etc/cron*", "/etc/update-motd.d/*", "/boot/*", "/srv/*", "/run/*", "/etc/rc.local"
) or
process.command_line: "*169.254.169.254*"
)
and not process.working_directory: (
"/opt/rapid7*",
"/opt/nessus*",
"/snap/amazon-ssm-agent*",
"/var/snap/amazon-ssm-agent/*",
"/var/log/amazon/ssm/*",
"/srv/snp/docker/overlay2*",
"/opt/nessus_agent/var/nessus/*")
and not process.executable: (
"/opt/rumble/bin/rumble-agent*",
"/opt/aws/inspector/bin/inspectorssmplugin",
"/snap/oracle-cloud-agent/*",
"/lusr/libexec/oracle-cloud-agent/*")
and not process.parent.executable: (
"/usr/bin/setup-policy-routes",
"/usr/share/ec2-instance-connect/*",
"/var/lib/amazon/ssm/*",
"/etc/update-motd.d/30-banner",
"/usr/sbin/dhclient-script",
"/usr/local/bin/uwsgi",
"/usr/lib/skylight/al-extras")
]
[network where host.os.type == "linux" and event.action == "connection_attempted" and destination.ip == "169.254.169.254"]
Install detection rules in Elastic Security
Detect Unusual Instance Metadata Service (IMDS) API Request 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).