Persistence via Folder Action Script

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A Folder Action script is executed when the folder to which it is attached has items added or removed, or when its window is opened, closed, moved, or resized. Adversaries may abuse this feature to establish persistence by utilizing a malicious script.

Rule type: eql

Rule indices:

  • auditbeat-*
  • logs-endpoint.events.*

Severity: medium

Risk score: 47

Runs every: 5 minutes

Searches indices from: now-9m (Date Math format, see also Additional look-back time)

Maximum alerts per execution: 100

References:

Tags:

  • Elastic
  • Host
  • macOS
  • Threat Detection
  • Execution
  • Persistence

Version: 1

Added (Elastic Stack release): 7.11.0

Rule authors: Elastic

Rule license: Elastic License

Rule query

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sequence by host.id with maxspan=5s [process where event.type in
("start", "process_started", "info") and process.name ==
"com.apple.foundation.UserScriptService"] by process.pid [process
where event.type in ("start", "process_started") and process.name in
("osascript", "sh")] by process.ppid

Threat mapping

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Framework: MITRE ATT&CKTM