Possible System Information Enumeration (via process_creation)

This rule detects system information discovery commands

SigmainformationalLinuxv1
sigma
title: Possible System Information Enumeration (via process_creation)
id: 1df07b9c-3d94-5d5d-a952-7905bdc2894d
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
author: Huntrule Team
date: 2026-06-18
tags:
    - attack.discovery
    - attack.t1082
logsource:
    product: linux
    category: process_creation
detection:
    selection:
        Image|endswith:
            - '/uname'
            - '/hostname'
            - '/uptime'
            - '/lspci'
            - '/dmidecode'
            - '/lscpu'
            - '/lsmod'
    condition: selection
falsepositives:
    - Unknown
level: informational

Known false positives

  • Unknown

Detection content is published as a reviewed draft. Tune thresholds and exclusions against your own telemetry before enabling this rule for alerting.