Potential Container Discovery Via Inodes Listing
Detects listing of the inodes of the "/" directory to determine if the we are running inside of a container.
Detection logic
Detection requirements
- Platform
- ESXiIaaSLinuxmacOSNetwork DevicesWindows
The rule states no platform. This is derived from the ATT&CK technique it maps to.
- Log source product
- linux
- Log source category
- process_creation
Known benign triggers
- Legitimate system administrator usage of these commands
- Some container tools or deployments may use these techniques natively to determine how they proceed with execution, and will need to be filtered
MITRE ATT&CK mappings
0 exclusive techniques.This is coverage no other published rule has; it is not this rule's total technique count.
References
| Reference | Cited by |
|---|---|
| blog.skyplabs.net/posts/container-detection/ | 3 |
| stackoverflow.com/questions/20010199/how-to-determine-if-a-process-runs-inside-lxc-docker | 3 |
From the source
- At source
- Open at source
- Upstream identifier
- 43e26eb5-cd58-48d1-8ce9-a273f5d298d8
- Tagged by the source as
- attack.discovery
Licence
- Published under
- Detection Rule License 1.1Read the licence
- Attribution
- Required
Authorship
- Written by
- Published
- Aug 26, 2026
- Version
- 1