Modification of PAM

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), Credential Access (TA0006), Defense Impairment (TA0112)
ATT&CK Technique	Modify Authentication Process: Pluggable Authentication Modules (T1556.003)
Severity	Informational

Description

Modification of PAM configuration files.

Attacker's Goals

Credential access, defense evasion or persistence.

Investigative actions

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

Variations

Modification of PAM from a Kubernetes pod

Synopsis

Field	Value
ATT&CK Tactic	Persistence (TA0003), Credential Access (TA0006), Defense Impairment (TA0112)
ATT&CK Technique	Modify Authentication Process: Pluggable Authentication Modules (T1556.003)
Severity	Informational

Description

Modification of PAM configuration files.

Attacker's Goals

Credential access, defense evasion or persistence.

Investigative actions

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