Installation of a new System-V service

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
Detector Tags	Kubernetes - AGENT, Containers
ATT&CK Tactic	Persistence (TA0003), Privilege Escalation (TA0004)
ATT&CK Technique	Create or Modify System Process: Systemd Service (T1543.002)
Severity	Low

Description

Installation of a new System-V service.

Attacker's Goals

Attackers may create systemd services to run malicious payloads.

Investigative actions

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

Variations

Installation of a new System-V service in a Kubernetes pod

Synopsis

Field	Value
ATT&CK Tactic	Persistence (TA0003), Privilege Escalation (TA0004)
ATT&CK Technique	Create or Modify System Process: Systemd Service (T1543.002)
Severity	Low

Description

Installation of a new System-V service.

Attacker's Goals

Attackers may create systemd services to run malicious payloads.

Investigative actions

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