Suspicious process execution in a privileged container

Cortex XDR Analytics Alert Reference by data source

Product

Cortex XDR

Last date published

2024-12-03

Activation Period	14 Days
Training Period	30 Days
Test Period	N/A (single event)
Deduplication Period	1 Day
Required Data	Requires: XDR Agent
Detection Modules
Detector Tags	Kubernetes - AGENT, Containers
ATT&CK Tactic	Execution (TA0002) Privilege Escalation (TA0004)
ATT&CK Technique	Container Administration Command (T1609) Escape to Host (T1611)
Severity	Informational

A process was executed in a privileged Kubernetes Pod for the first time in the past 30 days.

Perform lateral movement to new hosts to expand the foothold within a network and gain higher privileges.

Investigate the processes being spawned on the host for malicious activities.
Correlate the command run from the host and understand which software initiated it.

ATT&CK Tactic

ATT&CK Technique

Severity

Informational

A process was executed in a privileged Kubernetes Pod for the first time in the past 30 days.

Perform lateral movement to new hosts to expand the foothold within a network and gain higher privileges.

Investigate the processes being spawned on the host for malicious activities.
Correlate the command run from the host and understand which software initiated it.