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+[metadata]
+creation_date = "2020/01/04"
+maturity = "production"
+updated_date = "2020/01/04"
+
+[rule]
+author = ["Elastic"]
+description = """
+Identifies attempts to enable the root account using the dsenableroot command. This command may be abused by adversaries
+for persistence, as the root account is disabled by default.
+"""
+from = "now-9m"
+index = ["auditbeat-*", "logs-endpoint.events.*"]
+language = "kuery"
+license = "Elastic License"
+name = "Attempt to Enable the Root Account"
+references = ["https://ss64.com/osx/dsenableroot.html"]
+risk_score = 47
+rule_id = "cc2fd2d0-ba3a-4939-b87f-2901764ed036"
+severity = "medium"
+tags = ["Elastic", "Host", "macOS", "Threat Detection", "Persistence"]
+type = "query"
+
+query = '''
+event.category:process and event.type:(start or process_started) and
+ process.name:dsenableroot and not process.args:"-d"
+'''
+
+
+[[rule.threat]]
+framework = "MITRE ATT&CK"
+[[rule.threat.technique]]
+id = "T1078"
+name = "Valid Accounts"
+reference = "https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1078/"
+[[rule.threat.technique.subtechnique]]
+id = "T1078.003"
+name = "Local Accounts"
+reference = "https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1078/003/"
+
+
+
+[rule.threat.tactic]
+id = "TA0003"
+name = "Persistence"
+reference = "https://attack.mitre.org/tactics/TA0003/"
+