Sudo Access Denied
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About the rule
Rule Type
Standard
Rule Description
Detects failed sudo attempts where a user was denied elevated privileges, which may indicate unauthorized privilege escalation attempts or misconfigured access controls.
Severity
Critical
Rule Requirement
Criteria
Action1:
actionname = "Failed sudo command execution" AND (RESULT contains "user NOT in sudoers")
select Action1.HOSTNAME,Action1.USERNAME,Action1.TARGETUSER,Action1.COMMANDEXECUTED,Action1.MESSAGE,Action1.RESULT
Detection
Execution Mode
realtime
Log Sources
Miscellaneous
