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Netcat Listener Established via rlwrap

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Netcat Listener Established via rlwrap

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Monitors for the execution of a netcat listener via rlwrap. rlwrap is a readline wrapper, a small utility that uses the GNU Readline library to allow the editing of keyboard input for any command. This utility can be used in conjunction with netcat to gain a more stable reverse shell.

Rule type: eql

Rule indices:

logs-endpoint.events.*

Severity: low

Risk score: 21

Runs every: 5m

Searches indices from: now-9m (Date Math format, see also Additional look-back time)

Maximum alerts per execution: 100

References: None

Tags:

Domain: Endpoint
OS: Linux
Use Case: Threat Detection
Tactic: Execution
Data Source: Elastic Defend

Version: 1

Rule authors:

Elastic

Rule license: Elastic License v2

Rule query

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process where host.os.type == "linux" and event.action == "exec" and event.type == "start" and
process.name == "rlwrap" and process.args in (
  "nc", "ncat", "netcat", "nc.openbsd", "socat"
) and process.args : "*l*" and process.args_count >= 4

Framework: MITRE ATT&CK^TM

Tactic:
- Name: Execution
- ID: TA0002
- Reference URL: https://attack.mitre.org/tactics/TA0002/
Technique:
- Name: Command and Scripting Interpreter
- ID: T1059
- Reference URL: https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1059/
Sub-technique:
- Name: Unix Shell
- ID: T1059.004
- Reference URL: https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1059/004/

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