Possible System and Hardware Information Enumeration (via auditd)

title: Possible System and Hardware Information Enumeration (via auditd)
id: a74d1669-d54d-5aa4-a380-4cb03b2fdd50
status: stable
description: This rule detects system information discovery commands
references:
    - https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1082/
    - https://github.com/redcanaryco/atomic-red-team/blob/f339e7da7d05f6057fdfcdd3742bfcf365fee2a9/atomics/T1082/T1082.md#atomic-test-4---linux-vm-check-via-hardware
author: Huntrule Team
date: 2026-05-02
tags:
    - attack.discovery
    - attack.t1082
logsource:
    product: linux
    service: auditd
detection:
    selection:
        type: 'PATH'
        name:
            - '/sys/class/dmi/id/bios_version'
            - '/sys/class/dmi/id/product_name'
            - '/sys/class/dmi/id/chassis_vendor'
            - '/proc/scsi/scsi'
            - '/proc/ide/hd0/model'
            - '/proc/version'
            - '/etc/*version'
            - '/etc/*release'
            - '/etc/issue'
    condition: selection
falsepositives:
    - Unknown
level: informational