Detects attempts to post the file with the usage of wget utility. The adversary can bypass the permission restriction with the misconfigured sudo permission for wget utility which could allow them to read files like /etc/shadow.


Description

Detects attempts to post the file with the usage of wget utility. The adversary can bypass the permission restriction with the misconfigured sudo permission for wget utility which could allow them to read files like /etc/shadow.

field columns.cmdline="wget --post-file="

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Fires when

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  1. decoded_as=json AND field name="bpf_process_events|es_process_events"
  2. 200255 Detects attempts to post the file with the usage of wget utility. The adversary can bypass the permission restriction with the misconfigured sudo permission for wget utility which could allow them to read files like /etc/shadow. refinement level 12 this rule
    field columns.cmdline="wget --post-file="

Rule dependencies

Depends on

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