Potential Discovery Activity Using Find - MacOS

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log source: macos · process_creationauthor Nasreddine Bencherchali (Nextron Systems)date 2022-12-28
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description

What this is, in brief.

Detects usage of "find" binary in a suspicious manner to perform discovery

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tags

attack.discoveryattack.t1083
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rule source (YAML)

title: Potential Discovery Activity Using Find - MacOS
id: 85de3a19-b675-4a51-bfc6-b11a5186c971
related:
    - id: 8344c0e5-5783-47cc-9cf9-a0f7fd03e6cf
      type: similar
status: test
description: Detects usage of "find" binary in a suspicious manner to perform discovery
references:
    - https://github.com/SaiSathvik1/Linux-Privilege-Escalation-Notes
author: Nasreddine Bencherchali (Nextron Systems)
date: 2022-12-28
tags:
    - attack.discovery
    - attack.t1083
logsource:
    category: process_creation
    product: macos
detection:
    selection:
        Image|endswith: '/find'
        CommandLine|contains:
            - '-perm -4000'
            - '-perm -2000'
            - '-perm 0777'
            - '-perm -222'
            - '-perm -o w'
            - '-perm -o x'
            - '-perm -u=s'
            - '-perm -g=s'
    condition: selection
falsepositives:
    - Unknown
level: medium
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detects techniques (1)

ATT&CK techniques this enables or maps to.

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references

External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.