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Failed sudo with one or two times try (password) (HPUX 11iv2)

Microsoft.ACS.HPUX.11iv2.Sudo.Conversation.Error (Rule)

Rule to collect events for bad password failed call to sudo

Knowledge Base article:

Summary

An 'sudo' conversation error has been detected in the system log files.

Causes

User attempted to be granted access to privileged accounts. This monitor allows system administrators to track 'sudo' usage.

Resolutions

The description of the alert and/or the output data item contains information on the event encountered. If the activity appears suspicious, please check the associated event details and any other events that happened around the time of this event.

Element properties:

TargetMicrosoft.ACS.HPUX.11iv2.ACSEndPoint
CategoryEventCollection
EnabledTrue
Alert GenerateFalse
RemotableTrue

Member Modules:

ID Module Type TypeId RunAs 
EventDS DataSource Microsoft.Unix.SCXLog.Privileged.Datasource Default
WA WriteAction Microsoft.ACS.Unix.SecureEventLogWriter Default

Source Code:

<Rule ID="Microsoft.ACS.HPUX.11iv2.Sudo.Conversation.Error" Enabled="true" Target="Microsoft.ACS.HPUX.11iv2.ACSEndPoint" Remotable="true">

  <Category>EventCollection</Category>

  <DataSources>

    <DataSource ID="EventDS" TypeID="Unix!Microsoft.Unix.SCXLog.Privileged.Datasource">

      <Host>$Target/Host/Property[Type="Unix!Microsoft.Unix.Computer"]/NetworkName$</Host>

      <LogFile>/var/adm/syslog/syslog.log</LogFile>

      <!-- [TYPE] HP SUDO False -->

      <!-- [INPUT] Oct 30 15:31:51 scxhpr3 sudo:    jonas : pam_authenticate: Conversation failure ; TTY=pts/0 ; PWD=/storage/home/jonas ; USER=root ; COMMAND=/usr/bin/tail /var/adm/syslog/syslog.log -->

      <!-- [EXPECTED] date="Oct 30 15:31:51"; hostname="scxhpr3"; user="jonas"; subSystem="pam_authenticate"; clientUser="root"; sessionName="/usr/bin/tail /var/adm/syslog/syslog.log" -->

      <RegExpFilter>[[:space:]]sudo:[[:space:]]+[^[:space:]]+ : pam_authenticate: Conversation failure ; TTY=.* ; USER=[^[:space:]]+ ; COMMAND=.*</RegExpFilter>

    </DataSource>

  </DataSources>

  <WriteActions>

    <WriteAction ID="WA" TypeID="ACS.Unix!Microsoft.ACS.Unix.SecureEventLogWriter">

      <RegExp>(?'date'\S+\s+\d+\s+\d+:\d+:\d+)\s+(?:\S+:)?(?'hostname'\S+)\s+(?'process'sudo):\s+(?'user'\S+) : (?'subSystem'pam_authenticate): Conversation failure ; TTY=.* ; USER=(?'clientUser'\S+) ; COMMAND=(?'sessionName'.*)</RegExp>

      <EventType>0</EventType>

      <EventId>27003</EventId>

    </WriteAction>

  </WriteActions>

</Rule>