linux:auditd SYSCALL:execve
SYSCALL record for execve
- Log source
- Linux audit framework (auditd)
- Host type
- Linux
- Tier, host type
- Minimum
- Techniques
- 136
- Rules depending on it
- Splunk 17, Sigma 145
Why this tier
DISA STIG (linux); NSA/ASD web shell guidance
By role
| Role | Tier | Basis |
|---|---|---|
| Linux server | Minimum | DISA STIG (linux) |
| Linux web server, internet-facing | Minimum | DISA STIG (linux); NSA/ASD web shell guidance |
Techniques it helps detect
- T1001.002 Steganography
- T1001.003 Protocol or Service Impersonation
- T1003 OS Credential Dumping
- T1003.008 /etc/passwd and /etc/shadow
- T1005 Data from Local System
- T1007 System Service Discovery
- T1010 Application Window Discovery
- T1016 System Network Configuration Discovery
- T1016.001 Internet Connection Discovery
- T1016.002 Wi-Fi Discovery
- T1018 Remote System Discovery
- T1020 Automated Exfiltration
- T1021 Remote Services
- T1025 Data from Removable Media
- T1027 Obfuscated Files or Information
- T1027.001 Binary Padding
- T1027.002 Software Packing
- T1027.003 Steganography
- T1027.004 Compile After Delivery
- T1027.005 Indicator Removal from Tools
- T1027.006 HTML Smuggling
- T1027.010 Command Obfuscation
- T1027.013 Encrypted/Encoded File
- T1027.014 Polymorphic Code
- T1027.015 Compression
- T1027.016 Junk Code Insertion
- T1027.017 SVG Smuggling
- T1029 Scheduled Transfer
- T1033 System Owner/User Discovery
- T1036 Masquerading
- T1036.002 Right-to-Left Override
- T1036.003 Rename Legitimate Utilities
- T1036.005 Match Legitimate Resource Name or Location
- T1036.006 Space after Filename
- T1036.008 Masquerade File Type
- T1036.012 Browser Fingerprint
- T1037.004 RC Scripts
- T1040 Network Sniffing
- T1041 Exfiltration Over C2 Channel
- T1046 Network Service Discovery
- T1048 Exfiltration Over Alternative Protocol
- T1048.001 Exfiltration Over Symmetric Encrypted Non-C2 Protocol
- T1048.002 Exfiltration Over Asymmetric Encrypted Non-C2 Protocol
- T1048.003 Exfiltration Over Unencrypted Non-C2 Protocol
- T1049 System Network Connections Discovery
- T1053 Scheduled Task/Job
- T1053.002 At
- T1053.003 Cron
- T1055.008 Ptrace System Calls
- T1056.002 GUI Input Capture
- T1056.004 Credential API Hooking
- T1057 Process Discovery
- T1059 Command and Scripting Interpreter
- T1059.004 Unix Shell
- T1059.005 Visual Basic
- T1059.006 Python
- T1059.007 JavaScript
- T1059.011 Lua
- T1068 Exploitation for Privilege Escalation
- T1069 Permission Groups Discovery
- T1069.001 Local Groups
- T1069.002 Domain Groups
- T1070.003 Clear Command History
- T1070.004 File Deletion
- T1070.006 Timestomp
- T1070.007 Clear Network Connection History and Configurations
- T1070.008 Clear Mailbox Data
- T1070.009 Clear Persistence
- T1071 Application Layer Protocol
- T1071.001 Web Protocols
- T1071.002 File Transfer Protocols
- T1071.003 Mail Protocols
- T1071.004 DNS
- T1071.005 Publish/Subscribe Protocols
- T1072 Software Deployment Tools
- T1074 Data Staged
- T1074.001 Local Data Staging
- T1074.002 Remote Data Staging
- T1078 Valid Accounts
- T1082 System Information Discovery
- T1083 File and Directory Discovery
- T1087.002 Domain Account
- T1090 Proxy
- T1090.001 Internal Proxy
- T1090.002 External Proxy
- T1090.004 Domain Fronting
- T1098.004 SSH Authorized Keys
- T1102.002 Bidirectional Communication
- T1102.003 One-Way Communication
- T1104 Multi-Stage Channels
- T1105 Ingress Tool Transfer
- T1106 Native API
- T1110.002 Password Cracking
- T1113 Screen Capture
- T1115 Clipboard Data
- T1119 Automated Collection
- T1120 Peripheral Device Discovery
- T1132 Data Encoding
- T1176 Software Extensions
- T1176.001 Browser Extensions
- T1176.002 IDE Extensions
- T1190 Exploit Public-Facing Application
- T1195 Supply Chain Compromise
- T1195.001 Compromise Software Dependencies and Development Tools
- T1195.002 Compromise Software Supply Chain
- T1199 Trusted Relationship
- T1201 Password Policy Discovery
- T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution
- T1204 User Execution
- T1218 System Binary Proxy Execution
- T1219.002 Remote Desktop Software
- T1480 Execution Guardrails
- T1485 Data Destruction
- T1486 Data Encrypted for Impact
- T1491.001 Internal Defacement
- T1496 Resource Hijacking
- T1496.001 Compute Hijacking
- T1498.001 Direct Network Flood
- T1499 Endpoint Denial of Service
- T1499.003 Application Exhaustion Flood
- T1505 Server Software Component
- T1505.001 SQL Stored Procedures
- T1518.001 Security Software Discovery
- T1534 Internal Spearphishing
- T1543.005 Container Service
- T1546.005 Trap
- T1546.017 Udev Rules
- T1548.001 Setuid and Setgid
- T1552.004 Private Keys
- T1554 Compromise Host Software Binary
- T1555 Credentials from Password Stores
- T1556 Modify Authentication Process
- T1556.003 Pluggable Authentication Modules
- T1569 System Services
- T1620 Reflective Code Loading
- T1685.006 Clear Linux or Mac System Logs
Rules that depend on it
No vendor rule names this event or source directly.
Standards and guidance naming it
| Requirement | Relation | Basis |
|---|---|---|
| DISA STIG: Audit rules (auditd)Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 V2R10 (2026-10-05) | Names this event | RHEL-09-654010 (linux): execve key execpriv |
| DISA STIG: Audit rules (auditd)Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 V2R10 (2026-10-05) | Names this event | RHEL-09-654030 (linux): /usr/bin/umount key privileged-mount |
| DISA STIG: Audit rules (auditd)Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 V2R10 (2026-10-05) | Names this event | RHEL-09-654035 (linux): /usr/bin/chacl key perm_mod |
| DISA STIG: Audit rules (auditd)Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 V2R10 (2026-10-05) | Names this event | RHEL-09-654040 (linux): /usr/bin/setfacl key perm_mod |
| DISA STIG: Audit rules (auditd)Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 V2R10 (2026-10-05) | Names this event | RHEL-09-654045 (linux): /usr/bin/chcon key perm_mod |
| DISA STIG: Audit rules (auditd)Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 V2R10 (2026-10-05) | Names this event | RHEL-09-654050 (linux): /usr/sbin/semanage key privileged-unix-update |
| DISA STIG: Audit rules (auditd)Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 V2R10 (2026-10-05) | Names this event | RHEL-09-654055 (linux): /usr/sbin/setfiles key privileged-unix-update |
| DISA STIG: Audit rules (auditd)Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 V2R10 (2026-10-05) | Names this event | RHEL-09-654060 (linux): /usr/sbin/setsebool key privileged |
| DISA STIG: Audit rules (auditd)Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 V2R10 (2026-10-05) | Names this event | RHEL-09-654085 (linux): /usr/bin/chage key privileged-chage |
| DISA STIG: Audit rules (auditd)Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 V2R10 (2026-10-05) | Names this event | RHEL-09-654090 (linux): /usr/bin/chsh key priv_cmd |
| DISA STIG: Audit rules (auditd)Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 V2R10 (2026-10-05) | Names this event | RHEL-09-654095 (linux): /usr/bin/crontab key privileged-crontab |
| DISA STIG: Audit rules (auditd)Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 V2R10 (2026-10-05) | Names this event | RHEL-09-654097 (linux): execve (subj_type=crond_t) key cron_exec |
| DISA STIG: Audit rules (auditd)Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 V2R10 (2026-10-05) | Names this event | RHEL-09-654100 (linux): /usr/bin/gpasswd key identity |
| DISA STIG: Audit rules (auditd)Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 V2R10 (2026-10-05) | Names this event | RHEL-09-654105 (linux): /usr/bin/kmod key modules |
| DISA STIG: Audit rules (auditd)Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 V2R10 (2026-10-05) | Names this event | RHEL-09-654110 (linux): /usr/bin/newgrp key priv_cmd |
| DISA STIG: Audit rules (auditd)Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 V2R10 (2026-10-05) | Names this event | RHEL-09-654115 (linux): /usr/sbin/pam_timestamp_check key privileged-pam_timestamp_check |
| DISA STIG: Audit rules (auditd)Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 V2R10 (2026-10-05) | Names this event | RHEL-09-654120 (linux): /usr/bin/passwd key identity |
| DISA STIG: Audit rules (auditd)Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 V2R10 (2026-10-05) | Names this event | RHEL-09-654125 (linux): /usr/sbin/postdrop key privileged-unix-update |
| DISA STIG: Audit rules (auditd)Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 V2R10 (2026-10-05) | Names this event | RHEL-09-654130 (linux): /usr/sbin/postqueue key privileged-unix-update |
| DISA STIG: Audit rules (auditd)Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 V2R10 (2026-10-05) | Names this event | RHEL-09-654135 (linux): /usr/bin/ssh-agent key privileged-ssh |
| DISA STIG: Audit rules (auditd)Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 V2R10 (2026-10-05) | Names this event | RHEL-09-654140 (linux): /usr/libexec/openssh/ssh-keysign key privileged-ssh |
| DISA STIG: Audit rules (auditd)Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 V2R10 (2026-10-05) | Names this event | RHEL-09-654145 (linux): /usr/bin/su key privileged-priv_change |
| DISA STIG: Audit rules (auditd)Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 V2R10 (2026-10-05) | Names this event | RHEL-09-654150 (linux): /usr/bin/sudo key priv_cmd |
| DISA STIG: Audit rules (auditd)Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 V2R10 (2026-10-05) | Names this event | RHEL-09-654155 (linux): /usr/bin/sudoedit key priv_cmd |
| DISA STIG: Audit rules (auditd)Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 V2R10 (2026-10-05) | Names this event | RHEL-09-654160 (linux): /usr/sbin/unix_chkpwd key privileged-unix-update |
| DISA STIG: Audit rules (auditd)Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 V2R10 (2026-10-05) | Names this event | RHEL-09-654165 (linux): /usr/sbin/unix_update key privileged-unix-update |
| DISA STIG: Audit rules (auditd)Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 V2R10 (2026-10-05) | Names this event | RHEL-09-654170 (linux): /usr/sbin/userhelper key privileged-unix-update |
| DISA STIG: Audit rules (auditd)Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 V2R10 (2026-10-05) | Names this event | RHEL-09-654175 (linux): /usr/sbin/usermod key privileged-usermod |
| DISA STIG: Audit rules (auditd)Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 V2R10 (2026-10-05) | Names this event | RHEL-09-654176 (linux): /usr/sbin/useradd key privileged-useradd |
| DISA STIG: Audit rules (auditd)Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 V2R10 (2026-10-05) | Names this event | RHEL-09-654180 (linux): /usr/bin/mount key privileged-mount |
| DISA STIG: Audit rules (auditd)Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 V2R10 (2026-10-05) | Names this event | RHEL-09-654185 (linux): /usr/sbin/init key privileged-init |
| DISA STIG: Audit rules (auditd)Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 V2R10 (2026-10-05) | Names this event | RHEL-09-654190 (linux): /usr/sbin/poweroff key privileged-poweroff |
| DISA STIG: Audit rules (auditd)Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 V2R10 (2026-10-05) | Names this event | RHEL-09-654195 (linux): /usr/sbin/reboot key privileged-reboot |
| DISA STIG: Audit rules (auditd)Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 V2R10 (2026-10-05) | Names this event | RHEL-09-654200 (linux): /usr/sbin/shutdown key privileged-shutdown |
| NSA and ASD: Web shell detection guidanceDetect and Prevent Web Shell Malware (CSI PP-20-0901, April 2020) | Names this event | quoted: auditd (Appendix G) |
EDR events that stand in for it
Full: the sensor event carries what this event carries. Partial: the sensor reports a subset, so it does not replace the event.
| Product | Sensor event | Fidelity | Basis |
|---|---|---|---|
| CrowdStrike Falcon sensor telemetry (FDR event_simpleName) | ProcessRollup2 | Full | as EXECVE |
| CrowdStrike Falcon sensor telemetry (FDR event_simpleName) | SyntheticProcessRollup2 | Full | as EXECVE |
| Microsoft Defender for Endpoint device tables | DeviceProcessEvents | Full | as EXECVE |