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Mika Ayenson 4f55e9b05f [Rule Tuning] Potential Persistence via Login Hook (#2177)
* Exclude FPs for iMazing Profile Editor and backupd
2022-08-05 14:25:31 -04:00

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[metadata]
creation_date = "2021/01/21"
maturity = "production"
updated_date = "2022/07/26"
[rule]
author = ["Elastic"]
description = """
Identifies the creation or modification of the login window property list (plist). Adversaries may modify plist files to
run a program during system boot or user login for persistence.
"""
from = "now-9m"
index = ["auditbeat-*", "logs-endpoint.events.*"]
language = "kuery"
license = "Elastic License v2"
name = "Potential Persistence via Login Hook"
note = """## Triage and analysis
Starting in Mac OS X 10.7 (Lion), users can specify certain applications to be re-opened when a user reboots their machine. This can be abused to establish or maintain persistence on a compromised system."""
references = ["https://github.com/D00MFist/PersistentJXA/blob/master/LoginScript.js"]
risk_score = 47
rule_id = "ac412404-57a5-476f-858f-4e8fbb4f48d8"
severity = "medium"
tags = ["Elastic", "Host", "macOS", "Threat Detection", "Persistence"]
timestamp_override = "event.ingested"
type = "query"
query = '''
event.category:"file" and not event.type:"deletion" and
file.name:"com.apple.loginwindow.plist" and
process.name:(* and not (systemmigrationd or DesktopServicesHelper or diskmanagementd or rsync or launchd or cfprefsd or xpcproxy or ManagedClient or MCXCompositor or backupd or "iMazing Profile Editor"
))
'''
[[rule.threat]]
framework = "MITRE ATT&CK"
[[rule.threat.technique]]
id = "T1547"
name = "Boot or Logon Autostart Execution"
reference = "https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1547/"
[[rule.threat.technique.subtechnique]]
id = "T1547.011"
name = "Plist Modification"
reference = "https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1547/011/"
[rule.threat.tactic]
id = "TA0003"
name = "Persistence"
reference = "https://attack.mitre.org/tactics/TA0003/"