getRecentEventLogTail

What getRecentEventLogTail does on Cobalt Strike MCP Server

AI agents call getRecentEventLogTail to retrieve information from Cobalt Strike MCP Server without modifying anything. It is typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.

Why getRecentEventLogTail is rated Low

This tool retrieves event log data from Cobalt Strike without altering or executing any operations. While the severity is high due to the sensitive nature of Cobalt Strike adversary simulation logs (which could reveal active campaign details, compromised systems, or operational security gaps), the action itself is read-only retrieval with no side effects.

From the tool's definition Tool name 'getRecentEventLogTail' and description 'Get recent streamed Cobalt Strike event log output' indicate retrieval of log data without modification. The verb 'get' and action 'retrieve output' confirm read-only access.

The rule that runs getRecentEventLogTail safely

PolicyLayer is an MCP gateway: it sits between your AI agents and Cobalt Strike MCP Server, and checks every tool call against a rule you set before the call runs. Nothing changes on the server itself. For getRecentEventLogTail, this is the rule to start with:

{
  "version": "1",
  "default": "deny",
  "tools": {
    "getRecentEventLogTail": {}
  }
}

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