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  • Change of sudo caching configuration Low 1 variation

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

    Activation:
    14 Days
    Training:
    30 Days
    Test:
    N/A (single event)
    Deduplication:
    1 Day
    ATT&CK tactics: Defense Evasion (TA0005) Privilege Escalation (TA0004)
    ATT&CK techniques: Abuse Elevation Control Mechanism: Sudo and Sudo Caching (T1548.003)
    Required data: XDR Agent with eXtended Threat Hunting (XTH)
    Detector tags: Kubernetes - AGENT, Containers
    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

    Low overridden

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