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ATT&CK technique

T1059.004

Unix Shell

Execution 202 detections found
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Detection rules

Source Rule Status Updated
elastic Suspicious Command Execution from Visual Studio Code production 2026-10-26
elastic Potential NetScaler Log Poisoning Command Injection Attempt production 2026-10-23
elastic AWS SSM Session Manager Child Process Execution production 2026-10-21
sigma Shell Spawned by Celery Worker Process experimental 2026-10-17
elastic Shared Object Load via LoLBin production 2026-10-09
elastic Base64 Decoded Payload Piped to Interpreter production 2026-10-09
elastic Potential Hex Payload Execution via Command-Line production 2026-10-09
elastic Suspicious React Server Child Process production 2026-10-09
elastic Potential Prompt Injection Coercing Shell Execution production 2026-10-09
elastic Memory Swap Modification production 2026-10-09
elastic Suspicious Content Extracted or Decompressed via Funzip production 2026-10-09
elastic Potential Proxy Execution via Systemd-run production 2026-10-09
elastic Exec Into Container Detected via Defend for Containers production 2026-10-08
elastic File Creation, Execution and Self-Deletion in Suspicious Directory production 2026-10-08
elastic Network Connections Initiated Through XDG Autostart Entry production 2026-10-08
elastic Unusual Pkexec Execution production 2026-10-08
elastic Process Backgrounded by Unusual Parent production 2026-10-08
elastic Suspicious Execution via Windows Subsystem for Linux production 2026-10-06
elastic Potential Hex Payload Execution via Common Utility production 2026-10-05
elastic Potential Reverse Shell via Java production 2026-10-05
elastic Curl Execution via Shell Profile production 2026-10-05
splunk Linux Decode Base64 to Shell production 2026-10-02
splunk Linux Magic SysRq Key Abuse production 2026-10-02
elastic Zimbra Swatchdog SNMP Command Injection Execution production 2026-09-30
elastic ESXi Payload Executed Against Datastore production 2026-09-30
elastic ESXi Shell Command Obfuscation production 2026-09-30
elastic First Time Python Spawned a Shell on Host production 2026-09-29
elastic Unusual File Creation via Web Server production 2026-09-27
elastic Node.js Pre or Post-Install Script Execution production 2026-09-25
elastic Execution via OpenClaw Agent production 2026-09-25
elastic Curl Download Activity from npm Package Install production 2026-09-23
elastic Interactive Shell Launched via Unusual Parent Process in a Container production 2026-09-18
elastic Potential Reverse Shell via UDP production 2026-09-18
elastic Suspicious System Commands Executed by Previously Unknown Executable production 2026-09-18
elastic Suspicious Mining Process Creation Event production 2026-09-18
elastic Suspicious Named Pipe Creation production 2026-09-18
elastic Pod or Container Creation with Suspicious Command-Line production 2026-09-18
elastic BPF filter applied using TC production 2026-09-18
elastic Unknown Execution of Binary with RWX Memory Region production 2026-09-18
elastic Unusual Execution from Kernel Thread (kthreadd) Parent production 2026-09-18
elastic Suspicious Path Invocation from Command Line production 2026-09-18
elastic File Transfer Utility Launched from Unusual Parent production 2026-09-18
elastic Potential Malware-Driven SSH Brute Force Attempt production 2026-09-18
elastic Potential Direct Kubelet Access via Process Arguments production 2026-09-18
elastic Suspicious APT Package Manager Execution production 2026-09-18
elastic Suspicious APT Package Manager Network Connection production 2026-09-18
elastic Boot File Copy production 2026-09-18
elastic Unusual D-Bus Daemon Child Process production 2026-09-18
elastic Dracut Module Creation production 2026-09-18
elastic Git Hook Command Execution production 2026-09-18
elastic Git Hook Created or Modified production 2026-09-18
elastic Git Hook Egress Network Connection production 2026-09-18
elastic Git Hook Child Process production 2026-09-18
elastic Manual Dracut Execution production 2026-09-18
elastic Process Spawned from Message-of-the-Day (MOTD) production 2026-09-18
elastic NetworkManager Dispatcher Script Creation production 2026-09-18
elastic Python Path File (pth) Creation production 2026-09-18
elastic Simple HTTP Web Server Connection production 2026-09-18
elastic Simple HTTP Web Server Creation production 2026-09-18
elastic Python Site or User Customize File Creation production 2026-09-18
elastic Potential Execution via SSH Backdoor production 2026-09-18
elastic Systemd Shell Execution During Boot production 2026-09-18
elastic Initramfs Unpacking via unmkinitramfs production 2026-09-18
elastic Unusual Child Execution via Web Server production 2026-09-18
elastic Unusual Command Execution via Web Server production 2026-09-18
elastic Root Network Connection via GDB CAP_SYS_PTRACE production 2026-09-18
elastic Potential Shell via Wildcard Injection Detected production 2026-09-18
elastic Potential EtherHiding C2 via Curl JSON-RPC Request production 2026-09-18
elastic Potential Etherhiding C2 via Blockchain Connection production 2026-09-18
elastic Suspicious Browser Child Process production 2026-09-18
elastic Suspicious Installer Package Spawns Network Event production 2026-09-18
elastic Shell Execution via Apple Scripting production 2026-09-18
elastic Suspicious macOS MS Office Child Process production 2026-09-18
elastic Suspicious Emond Child Process production 2026-09-18
elastic Suspicious File Creation via Pkg Install Script production 2026-09-18
elastic Execution with Explicit Credentials via Scripting production 2026-09-18
elastic Execution via Windows Subsystem for Linux production 2026-09-18
elastic Host File System Changes via Windows Subsystem for Linux production 2026-09-18
elastic Attempt to Install or Run Kali Linux via WSL production 2026-09-18
elastic Windows Subsystem for Linux Distribution Installed production 2026-09-18
splunk MacOS Osascript Executing Interactive Shell production 2026-09-18
elastic AWS EC2 LOLBin Execution via SSM SendCommand production 2026-09-18
elastic AWS SSM `SendCommand` with Run Shell Command Parameters production 2026-09-18
elastic Azure Run Command Script Child Process production 2026-09-18
elastic Direct Interactive Kubernetes API Request by Common Utilities production 2026-09-18
elastic Forbidden Direct Interactive Kubernetes API Request production 2026-09-18
elastic Direct Interactive Kubernetes API Request by Unusual Utilities production 2026-09-18
elastic Service Account Token or Certificate Access Followed by Kubernetes API Request production 2026-09-18
elastic Potential Git CVE-2025-48384 Exploitation production 2026-09-18
elastic Kubernetes Direct API Request via Curl or Wget production 2026-09-18
elastic Privileged Container Creation with Host Directory Mount production 2026-09-18
elastic Potential SAP NetWeaver Exploitation production 2026-09-18
elastic Potential Java Service Exploitation via Suspicious Child Process production 2026-09-18
elastic Suspicious Process Execution by Zoom production 2026-09-18
elastic Execution via GitHub Actions Runner production 2026-09-18
elastic Web Server Potential Command Injection Request production 2026-09-18
elastic Web Server Potential SQL Injection Request production 2026-09-18
elastic AWS SageMaker Notebook Lifecycle Configuration With Suspicious Script Content production 2026-09-18
elastic File Download Detected via Defend for Containers production 2026-09-18
elastic Decoded Payload Piped to Interpreter Detected via Defend for Containers production 2026-09-18
elastic Ingress Tool Transfer Followed by Execution and Deletion Detected via Defend for Containers production 2026-09-18
elastic Suspicious Process Execution Detected via Defend for Containers production 2026-09-18
elastic Encoded Payload Detected via Defend for Containers production 2026-09-18
elastic Direct Kubernetes API Request Detected via Defend for Containers production 2026-09-18
elastic File Creation and Execution Detected via Defend for Containers production 2026-09-18
elastic System Path File Creation and Execution Detected via Defend for Containers production 2026-09-18
elastic Interactive Shell Spawn Detected via Defend for Containers production 2026-09-18
elastic Potential Kubeletctl Execution Detected via Defend for Containers production 2026-09-18
elastic Netcat File Transfer or Listener Detected via Defend for Containers production 2026-09-18
elastic Payload Execution via Shell Pipe Detected by Defend for Containers production 2026-09-18
elastic Potential Direct Kubelet Access via Process Arguments Detected via Defend for Containers production 2026-09-18
elastic Suspicious Interpreter Execution Detected via Defend for Containers production 2026-09-18
elastic Suspicious Echo or Printf Execution Detected via Defend for Containers production 2026-09-18
elastic Web Server Exploitation Detected via Defend for Containers production 2026-09-18
elastic Network Connection by Cups or Foomatic-rip Child production 2026-09-18
elastic Shell Execution via Elastic Endpoint production 2026-09-18
elastic Network Connection Followed by File Creation production 2026-09-18
elastic GitHub Authentication Token Access via Node.js production 2026-09-18
elastic Unusual Base64 Encoding/Decoding Activity production 2026-09-18
elastic Proxy Shell Execution via Busybox production 2026-09-18
elastic Curl or Wget Egress Network Connection via LoLBin production 2026-09-18
elastic Unusual Interactive Shell Launched from System User production 2026-09-18
elastic Kill Command Execution production 2026-09-18
elastic Unusual LD_PRELOAD/LD_LIBRARY_PATH Command Line Arguments production 2026-09-18
elastic Dynamic Linker (ld.so) Creation production 2026-09-18
elastic Multi-Base64 Decoding Attempt from Suspicious Location production 2026-09-18
elastic File Creation in /var/log via Suspicious Process production 2026-09-18
elastic Potential Kubeletctl Execution production 2026-09-18
elastic Suspicious Command Execution via Busybox Proxy production 2026-09-18
elastic File Creation by Cups or Foomatic-rip Child production 2026-09-18
elastic Printer User (lp) Shell Execution production 2026-09-18
elastic Cupsd or Foomatic-rip Shell Execution production 2026-09-18
elastic Egress Connection from Entrypoint in Container production 2026-09-18
elastic Process Started with Executable Stack production 2026-09-18
elastic File Transfer or Listener Established via Netcat production 2026-09-18
elastic Potential Upgrade of Non-interactive Shell production 2026-09-18
elastic Netcat Listener Established via rlwrap production 2026-09-18
elastic Network Connection from Binary with RWX Memory Region production 2026-09-18
elastic Network Connection via Recently Compiled Executable production 2026-09-18
elastic File Downloaded by Curl/Wget and Piped to Interpreter production 2026-09-18
elastic Payload Downloaded by Interpreter and Piped to Interpreter production 2026-09-18
elastic Interactive Terminal Spawned via Perl production 2026-09-18
elastic Privileged Docker Container Creation production 2026-09-18
elastic Interactive Terminal Spawned via Python production 2026-09-18
elastic Potential Code Execution via Postgresql production 2026-09-18
elastic Direct Process Execution via Background Utility production 2026-09-18
elastic Openssl Client or Server Activity production 2026-09-18
elastic Potential Reverse Shell via Background Process production 2026-09-18
elastic Potential Reverse Shell via Child production 2026-09-18
elastic Potential Reverse Shell via Suspicious Child Process production 2026-09-18
elastic Potential Meterpreter Reverse Shell production 2026-09-18
elastic Potential Reverse Shell via Suspicious Binary production 2026-09-18
elastic Potential Reverse Shell production 2026-09-18
elastic Suspicious Linux Process Connection to Bulletproof Hosting ASN production 2026-09-17
splunk Linux Suspicious Privileged Container Execution production 2026-07-08
splunk Linux MOTD Script Added production 2026-07-08
splunk Linux Netcat Outbound Connection production 2026-07-08
splunk Linux Possible System Binary Backdoor production 2026-07-08
splunk Linux Suspicious XDG Autostart production 2026-07-08
elastic Deprecated - Uncommon Destination Port Connection by Web Server deprecated 2026-07-02
elastic Deprecated - Linux Restricted Shell Breakout via Linux Binary(s) deprecated 2026-07-02
elastic Deprecated - Unusual Command Execution from Web Server Parent deprecated 2026-07-02
elastic Deprecated - Unusual Process Spawned from Web Server Parent deprecated 2026-07-02
splunk Linux Unix Shell Enable All SysRq Functions production 2026-05-13
splunk Linux Suspicious React or Next.js Child Process production 2026-05-13
splunk Suspicious Linux Discovery Commands production 2026-05-13
splunk MacOS LOLbin production 2026-05-13
sigma Axios NPM Compromise Indicators - Linux experimental 2026-04-01
sigma Axios NPM Compromise Indicators - macOS experimental 2026-04-01
sigma Shell Invocation via Env Command - Linux test 2026-01-08
sigma Script Interpreter Spawning Credential Scanner - Linux experimental 2025-11-25
sigma JexBoss Command Sequence test 2025-11-22
sigma Potentially Suspicious Long Filename Pattern - Linux experimental 2025-11-22
sigma Suspicious Filename with Embedded Base64 Commands experimental 2025-11-22
sigma Suspicious Download and Execute Pattern via Curl/Wget experimental 2025-06-17
sigma Potential Abuse of Linux Magic System Request Key experimental 2025-05-23
elastic Deprecated - Potential Reverse Shell via Suspicious Parent Process deprecated 2023-11-02
elastic Reverse Shell Created via Named Pipe deprecated 2023-07-04
sigma Linux Reverse Shell Indicator test 2022-12-25
sigma Suspicious Commands Linux test 2022-10-05
sigma AWS EC2 Startup Shell Script Change test 2022-06-07
sigma Nohup Execution test 2022-06-06
elastic Linux Restricted Shell Breakout via apt/apt-get Changelog Escape deprecated 2022-05-09
elastic Linux Restricted Shell Breakout via awk Commands deprecated 2022-05-09
elastic Linux Restricted Shell Breakout via busybox Shell Evasion deprecated 2022-05-09
elastic Linux Restricted Shell Breakout via the expect command deprecated 2022-05-09
elastic Linux Restricted Shell Breakout via env Shell Evasion deprecated 2022-05-09
elastic Linux Restricted Shell Breakout via crash Shell evasion deprecated 2022-05-09
elastic Linux Restricted Shell Breakout via cpulimit Shell Evasion deprecated 2022-05-09
elastic Linux Restricted Shell Breakout via c89/c99 Shell evasion deprecated 2022-05-09
elastic Linux Restricted Shell Breakout via the SSH command deprecated 2022-05-09
elastic Linux Restricted Shell Breakout via the vi command deprecated 2022-05-09
elastic Linux Restricted Shell Breakout via the mysql command deprecated 2022-05-09
elastic Linux Restricted Shell Breakout via the gcc command deprecated 2022-05-09
elastic Linux Restricted Shell Breakout via flock Shell evasion deprecated 2022-05-09
elastic Linux Restricted Shell Breakout via the find command deprecated 2022-05-09
sigma Interactive Bash Suspicious Children test 2022-03-14
sigma BPFtrace Unsafe Option Usage test 2022-02-11
sigma Suspicious Activity in Shell Commands test 2021-11-27
sigma Equation Group Indicators test 2021-11-27
sigma Suspicious Reverse Shell Command Line test 2021-11-27
sentinel PHP Worker Process Spawning Shell/Recon Tool Scheduled —