Change of sudo caching configuration

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 with eXtended Threat Hunting (XTH)
Detector Tags	Kubernetes - AGENT, Containers
ATT&CK Tactic	Privilege Escalation (TA0004)
ATT&CK Technique	Abuse Elevation Control Mechanism: Sudo and Sudo Caching (T1548.003)
Severity	Low

Description

Change of sudo caching configuration may have been intended to enable privilege escalation.

Attacker's Goals

Attackers may use the sudoers file to elevate privileges.

Investigative actions

Check whether the executing process is benign and if this was a desired behavior as part of its normal execution flow.

Variations

Change of sudo caching configuration in a Kubernetes pod

Synopsis

Field	Value
ATT&CK Tactic	Privilege Escalation (TA0004)
ATT&CK Technique	Abuse Elevation Control Mechanism: Sudo and Sudo Caching (T1548.003)
Severity	Low

Description

Change of sudo caching configuration may have been intended to enable privilege escalation.

Attacker's Goals

Attackers may use the sudoers file to elevate privileges.

Investigative actions

Check whether the executing process is benign and if this was a desired behavior as part of its normal execution flow.