Find sigma rule
Attack: Boot or Logon Initialization Scripts: Logon Script (Mac)
Adversaries may use a Login Hook to establish persistence executed upon user logon. A login hook is a plist file that points to a specific script to execute with root privileges upon user logon. The plist file is located in the /Library/Preferences/com.apple.loginwindow.plist
file and can be modified using the defaults
command-line utility. This behavior is the same for logout hooks where a script can be executed upon user logout. All hooks require administrator permissions to modify or create hooks.(Citation: Login Scripts Apple Dev)(Citation: LoginWindowScripts Apple Dev)
Adversaries can add or insert a path to a malicious script in the com.apple.loginwindow.plist
file, using the LoginHook
or LogoutHook
key-value pair. The malicious script is executed upon the next user login. If a login hook already exists, adversaries can add additional commands to an existing login hook. There can be only one login and logout hook on a system at a time.(Citation: S1 macOs Persistence)(Citation: Wardle Persistence Chapter)
Note: Login hooks were deprecated in 10.11 version of macOS in favor of Launch Daemon and Launch Agent
MITRE
Tactic
- privilege-escalation
- persistence
technique
- T1037.002
Test : Logon Scripts - Mac
OS
- macos
Description:
Mac logon script
Executor
manual