A contained executable from a mounted share initiated a suspicious outbound network connection

Synopsis

Field	Value
Activation Period	14 Days
Training Period	30 Days
Test Period	N/A (single event)
Deduplication Period	1 Day
Required Data	XDR Agent
ATT&CK Tactic	Privilege Escalation (TA0004)
ATT&CK Technique	Escape to Host (T1611)
Severity	Medium

Description

A contained executable from a mounted share initiated a suspicious outbound network connection. Running binaries from a mounted share is highly dangerous and not typical.

Attacker's Goals

Gain high privileged command execution on the host machine via one of its running containers.

Investigative actions

• Check if the requested IP address is known or malicious.
• Investigate the contained process and its process tree.

Variations

A contained executable from a mounted share initiated a suspicious outbound network connection

Synopsis

Field	Value
ATT&CK Tactic	Privilege Escalation (TA0004)
ATT&CK Technique	Escape to Host (T1611)
Severity	Medium

Description

A cloud machine contained executable from a mounted share initiated a suspicious outbound network connection. Running binaries from a mounted share is highly dangerous and not typical.

Attacker's Goals

Gain high privileged command execution on the host machine via one of its running containers.

Investigative actions

• Check if the requested IP address is known or malicious.
• Investigate the contained process and its process tree.