CDR-CRS Process Alerts

Container Runtime Security (CRS) - Threat Detection Guide

Overview

The Container Runtime Security (CRS) Threat Detection Guide provides detailed information about threat detection rules and process monitoring capabilities available across different CRS versions.

This guide helps you:

  • Understand supported threats by version
  • Review monitored processes and allowlists
  • Analyze MITRE ATT&CK coverage
  • Select the appropriate version for deployment

Version Summary

Version Threat Count
0.9.10 14
0.9.11 11

A total of 25 supported threats across versions.

Version 0.9.10

Supported Threats

Sl. no Threat Name
1 CryptoMiner Execution
2 Credential Access Bash History
3 Network Scanning Utility
4 Container Escape via Cgroup
5 Container Escape using Runtime Socket
6 Clear System Logs
7 Hidden Process Using Mount
8 cURL Proxy Usage
9 Scheduled Cron Jobs
10 Python Execution with Suspicious Args
11 Kubernetes Service Account Token Created
12 Container Escape Using Docker Socket
13 Stop Antimalware Process
14 Netcat Reverse Shell Execution

Process Allowlist (14 Processes)

Common allowed process patterns:

.*\/(bash|cat|curl|docker|grep|kubectl|nc|netcat|python|rm|sh|wget|xmrig)$

Version 0.9.11

Supported Threats

Sl. no Threat Name
46 Create Symlink or Hardlink Over Sensitive Files
47 Default Launched in Privileged Container
48 Find AWS Credentials
49 Search Private Keys and Passwords
50 Reconnaissance Attempt to Identify SUID Binaries
51 Bind Escape Attempt Using Sock
52 Dump Memory for Credentials
53 Kill Runtime Execution
54 Sudo Privilege Escalation
55 Usage of Steganography Tools
56 Polkit Local Privilege Escalation

Process Allowlist (21 Monitored Processes)

Includes a broader set of utilities such as:

'/*/(curl|wget|clang|bcc|gcc|docker|unshare|mount|kubectl|crictl|modprobe|pnscan|masscan|wpscan|nmap|zgrab|nslookup|netstat|ifconfig|ping|traceroute|route|tcpdump|python|crontab|service|sysctl|rm|nc|ip|arp|debugfs|grep|egrep|fgrep|find|locate|mlocate|gdb|bash|sh|rsync|scp|sftp|dcp|pkexec|find|zip|tar|gzip|hdiutil|7z|sudoedit|sudo|Steghide|Foremost|Stegsolve|Exiftool|Exiv2|Binwalk|Zsteg|Wavsteg|StegCracker|Fcrackzip|ssh|chmod|chown|insmod|dd|devmem|gcore|strace|crash|memdump|fmem|procdump|pmdump|pcredz|mimipenguin|creddump|gsecdump|hashdump|laZagne|volatility|secretsdump|memfetch|avml|ln)$'