Suspicious Invocation of Shell via AWK - Linux

sigmaDRL-1.1from SigmaHQ/sigma

Detects the execution of "awk" or it's sibling commands, to invoke a shell using the system() function. This behavior is commonly associated with attempts to execute arbitrary commands or escalate privileges, potentially leading to unauthorized access or further exploitation.

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ATT&CK techniques

T1059

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status: ██████████
description: ██████████████████████████████████████████
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author: ████████
tags:
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logsource:
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detection:
  selection:
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    CommandLine|contains:
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  condition: selection
level: ████████
falsepositives:
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