Shell Execution via Elastic Endpoint

Last updated 6 days ago on 2026-07-02

Created 6 days ago on 2026-07-02

About

This rule detects shell executions via Elastic Endpoint. Elastic Endpoint has a built-in response action console that can be used to execute shell commands on compromised systems.

Tags

Domain: EndpointOS: LinuxUse Case: Threat DetectionTactic: Command and ControlTactic: Defense EvasionTactic: ExecutionData Source: Elastic DefendData Source: SentinelOneLanguage: eql

Severity

low

Risk Score

MITRE ATT&CK™

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

↳ Remote Access Tools (T1219)(external, opens in a new tab or window)

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

↳ System Binary Proxy Execution (T1218)(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)

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-endpoint.events.process*logs-sentinel_one_cloud_funnel.*

Related Integrations

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

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

Query

✄𐘗text code block:
✄𐘗process where host.os.type == "linux" and event.type == "start" and event.action in ("exec", "start") and
process.parent.executable == "/opt/Elastic/Endpoint/elastic-endpoint" and
process.name in ("bash", "dash", "sh", "tcsh", "csh", "zsh", "ksh", "fish") and
process.args in ("-c", "-cl", "-lc", "--command")

Install detection rules in Elastic Security

Detect Shell Execution via Elastic Endpoint 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).