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Utility Socat Listener Binding Executable

Date: 2026-08-27 ID: 6f4fcbb4-3d57-4724-86d4-abad7cb3919c Author: Maria Jose Erquiaga, Splunk Environment: attack_range Directory: utility_socat_listener_binding_executable

Description

Process-execution telemetry generated by running the socat utility with a TCP listener binding a benign executable. The test used a listener argument and exec:/bin/cat to produce representative osquery process telemetry.

MITRE ATT&CK Techniques

ID Technique Tactic
T1059 Command and Scripting Interpreter Execution

Environment Details

Field Value
Environment attack_range
Directory utility_socat_listener_binding_executable
Test Date 2026-08-27

Datasets

The following datasets were collected during this attack simulation:

Osquery.log

  • Path: /datasets/attack_techniques/T1059/utility_socat_listener_binding_executable/osquery.log
  • Sourcetype: osquery:results
  • Source: osquery:results

No specific detections currently use this attack data for testing. However, you can find related detections and analytics in our security content repository.

Usage Instructions

Replay with Splunk Attack Data

Replay attack data with replay.py from Splunk Attack Data.

1python replay.py --dataset /datasets/attack_techniques/T1059/utility_socat_listener_binding_executable/osquery.log --index attack_data

Manual Import

  1. Download the dataset files from the paths listed above
  2. Configure your Splunk instance with the appropriate sourcetypes
  3. Import the logs using the Splunk Add Data wizard

Related Content

Find more detections and analytics for this attack technique in our security content repository.

Source: GitHub | Version: 1.0