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# Possible brute force on sudo user

### Synopsis

| Field                | Value                                      |
| -------------------- | ------------------------------------------ |
| Activation Period    | 14 Days                                    |
| Training Period      | 30 Days                                    |
| Test Period          | 10 Minutes                                 |
| Deduplication Period | 1 Day                                      |
| Required Data        | XDR Agent                                  |
| ATT\&CK Tactic       | Credential Access (TA0006)                 |
| ATT\&CK Technique    | Brute Force: Password Guessing (T1110.001) |
| Severity             | Informational                              |

### Description

A user executed an unusual amount of sudo commands in a short time period. This may indicate an attempt to guess the sudo password.

### Attacker's Goals

The attacker may gain full privileges to the host.

### Investigative actions

Verify which user ran these commands and if it is a legitimate behavior on this host.

### Variations

<details>

<summary>Possible brute force on sudo user</summary>

**Synopsis**

| Field             | Value                                      |
| ----------------- | ------------------------------------------ |
| ATT\&CK Tactic    | Credential Access (TA0006)                 |
| ATT\&CK Technique | Brute Force: Password Guessing (T1110.001) |
| Severity          | Low                                        |

**Description**

A user executed an unusual amount of sudo commands in a short time period. This may indicate an attempt to guess the sudo password.

**Attacker's Goals**

The attacker may gain full privileges to the host.

**Investigative actions**

Verify which user ran these commands and if it is a legitimate behavior on this host.

</details>


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