execution_python_script_in_cmdline.toml

[metadata]
creation_date = "2021/01/13"
integration = ["endpoint"]
maturity = "development"
min_stack_comments = "New fields added: required_fields, related_integrations, setup"
min_stack_version = "8.3.0"
updated_date = "2023/10/19"

[rule]
author = ["Elastic"]
description = """
Identifies when a Python script is executed using command line input and imports the sys module. Attackers often use
this method to execute malicious scripts and avoiding writing it to disk.
"""
false_positives = ["Legitimate Python scripting activity."]
from = "now-9m"
index = ["auditbeat-*", "logs-endpoint.events.*"]
language = "eql"
license = "Elastic License v2"
name = "Python Script Execution via Command Line"
risk_score = 47
rule_id = "ee9f08dc-cf80-4124-94ae-08c405f059ae"
setup = """## Setup

If enabling an EQL rule on a non-elastic-agent index (such as beats) for versions <8.2,
events will not define `event.ingested` and default fallback for EQL rules was not added until version 8.2.
Hence for this rule to work effectively, users will need to add a custom ingest pipeline to populate
`event.ingested` to @timestamp.
For more details on adding a custom ingest pipeline refer - https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/fleet/current/data-streams-pipeline-tutorial.html
"""
severity = "medium"
tags = ["Domain: Endpoint", "OS: Linux", "OS: macOS", "OS: Windows", "Use Case: Threat Detection", "Tactic: Execution", "Data Source: Elastic Defend"]
timestamp_override = "event.ingested"
type = "eql"

query = '''
process where event.type in ("start", "process_started") and
 process.name : "python*" and process.args : "-c" and process.args : "*import*sys*"
'''


[[rule.threat]]
framework = "MITRE ATT&CK"
[[rule.threat.technique]]
id = "T1059"
name = "Command and Scripting Interpreter"
reference = "https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1059/"
[[rule.threat.technique.subtechnique]]
id = "T1059.006"
name = "Python"
reference = "https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1059/006/"
[[rule.threat.technique.subtechnique]]
id = "T1059.003"
name = "Windows Command Shell"
reference = "https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1059/003/"



[rule.threat.tactic]
id = "TA0002"
name = "Execution"
reference = "https://attack.mitre.org/tactics/TA0002/"