Change of sudo caching configuration

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Change of sudo caching configuration

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

Module:: Platform Analytics
Data source:: XDR Agent with eXtended Threat Hunting (XTH)

ATT&CK tactics: Defense Evasion (TA0005) Privilege Escalation (TA0004)

ATT&CK techniques: Abuse Elevation Control Mechanism: Sudo and Sudo Caching (T1548.003)

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.

Test period:: N/A (single event)
Deduplication:: 1 Day

1 variation:

Change of sudo caching configuration in a Kubernetes pod Low