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Suspicious Process Execution by Zoom
Identifies suspicious process execution associated with the Zoom desktop client on macOS and Linux. The rule detects shells, script interpreters, downloaders, and network utilities spawned by Zoom on either platform. On Linux, it also detects Zoom replacing its own process image with an executable outside the Zoom installation directory. These behaviors may indicate successful exploitation of a Zoom client vulnerability, including CVE-2026-53413.
Detection Logic
process where event.type == "start" and event.action == "exec" and
(
(
host.os.type == "linux" and
process.previous.executable : "*/zoom" and
not process.executable : "*/zoom" and
not process.parent.name : "zoom"
) or
(
host.os.type in ("macos", "linux") and
(
(host.os.type == "macos" and
process.parent.executable : "*/zoom.us.app/Contents/MacOS/zoom.us") or
(host.os.type == "linux" and
process.parent.name : "zoom")
) and
process.name : (
"sh", "bash", "zsh", "dash", "ksh", "fish", "ash", "mksh", "tsh", "tcsh", "pwsh",
"python*", "perl*", "ruby*", "php*", "lua*", "node", "nodejs", "osascript",
"curl", "nscurl", "wget", "nc", "ncat", "netcat", "netcat.openbsd", "netcat.traditional",
"nc.openbsd", "nc.traditional", "socat", "openssl",
"chmod", "xattr"
) and
not (
host.os.type == "linux" and process.name in ("sh", "bash") and
process.args : (
"lspci",
"pacmd --version",
"pacmd list-sinks
| grep 'name:\\
| module:'",
"pipewire --version",
"ls /usr/share/xdg-desktop-portal/portals/",
"/usr/libexec/xdg-desktop-portal --version",
"cat /proc/sys/kernel/pid_max"
)
)
)
) False Positives
- ⚠ Legitimate support, diagnostic, accessibility, update, or enterprise management workflows may cause Zoom to launch command-line utilities. Verify the executable path, command line, code signature, and surrounding user activity before adding exceptions.
Field Validations
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