System Binary Moved or Copied

Last updated a month ago on 2024-10-17
Created a year ago on 2023-08-29

About

This rule monitors for the copying or moving of a system binary. Adversaries may copy/move and rename system binaries to evade detection. Copying a system binary to a different location should not occur often, so if it does, the activity should be investigated.
Tags
Domain: EndpointOS: LinuxUse Case: Threat DetectionTactic: Defense EvasionData Source: Elastic Defend
Severity
medium
Risk Score
47
MITRE ATT&CK™

Defense Evasion (TA0005)(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*
Related Integrations

endpoint(opens in a new tab or window)

Query
file where host.os.type == "linux" and event.type == "change" and event.action == "rename" and process.name != null and
file.Ext.original.path : (
  "/bin/*", "/usr/bin/*", "/usr/local/bin/*", "/sbin/*", "/usr/sbin/*", "/usr/local/sbin/*"
) and not (
  process.executable in (
    "/bin/dpkg", "/usr/bin/dpkg", "/bin/dockerd", "/usr/bin/dockerd", "/usr/sbin/dockerd", "/bin/microdnf",
    "/usr/bin/microdnf", "/bin/rpm", "/usr/bin/rpm", "/bin/snapd", "/usr/bin/snapd", "/bin/yum", "/usr/bin/yum",
    "/bin/dnf", "/usr/bin/dnf", "/bin/podman", "/usr/bin/podman", "/bin/dnf-automatic", "/usr/bin/dnf-automatic",
    "/bin/pacman", "/usr/bin/pacman", "/usr/bin/dpkg-divert", "/bin/dpkg-divert", "/sbin/apk", "/usr/sbin/apk",
    "/usr/local/sbin/apk", "/usr/bin/apt", "/usr/sbin/pacman", "/bin/podman", "/usr/bin/podman", "/usr/bin/puppet",
    "/bin/puppet", "/opt/puppetlabs/puppet/bin/puppet", "/usr/bin/chef-client", "/bin/chef-client",
    "/bin/autossl_check", "/usr/bin/autossl_check", "/proc/self/exe", "/dev/fd/*",  "/usr/bin/pamac-daemon",
    "/bin/pamac-daemon", "/usr/lib/snapd/snapd", "/usr/local/bin/dockerd", "/usr/libexec/netplan/generate",
    "/usr/bin/update-alternatives", "/bin/update-alternatives", "/usr/sbin/update-alternatives",
    "/sbin/update-alternatives", "/usr/bin/pip3", "/bin/pip3", "/usr/local/bin/pip3", "/usr/local/bin/node",
    "/bin/node", "/usr/bin/node", "/sbin/apk", "/usr/sbin/apk", "/usr/local/sbin/apk", "/usr/bin/pip", "/bin/pip",
    "/usr/local/bin/pip", "/usr/libexec/platform-python", "/usr/bin/platform-python", "/bin/platform-python",
    "/usr/lib/systemd/systemd", "/usr/sbin/sshd", "/sbin/sshd", "/usr/local/sbin/sshd", "/usr/sbin/crond", "/sbin/crond",
    "/usr/local/sbin/crond", "/usr/sbin/gdm"
  ) or
  process.name like (
    "python*", "packagekitd", "systemd", "ln", "platform-python", "dnf_install", "runc", "apt-get", "ssm-agent-worker",
    "convert-usrmerge", "updatenow.static-cpanelsync", "apk", "exe", "php", "containerd-shim-runc-v2", "dpkg", "sed",
    "platform-python*", "gedit", "crond", "sshd", "ruby", "sudo", "chainctl", "update-alternatives", "pip*"
  ) or
  file.Ext.original.path : (
    "/bin/*.tmp", "/usr/bin/*.tmp", "/usr/local/bin/*.tmp", "/sbin/*.tmp", "/usr/sbin/*.tmp", "/usr/local/sbin/*.tmp"
  ) or
  file.extension in ("swp", "swpx", "swx", "dpkg-remove") or
  file.Ext.original.extension == "dpkg-new" or
  process.executable : ("/nix/store/*", "/var/lib/dpkg/*", "/tmp/vmis.*", "/snap/*", "/dev/fd/*") or
  process.executable == null or
  (process.name == "sed" and file.name : "sed*") or
  (process.name == "perl" and file.name : "e2scrub_all.tmp*") 
)

Install detection rules in Elastic Security

Detect System Binary Moved or Copied 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).