IMPORTANT: No additional bug fixes or documentation updates
will be released for this version. For the latest information, see the
current release documentation.
Access to Keychain Credentials Directories
editAccess to Keychain Credentials Directories
editAdversaries may collect the keychain storage data from a system to acquire credentials. Keychains are the built-in way for macOS to keep track of users' passwords and credentials for many services and features such as WiFi passwords, websites, secure notes and certificates.
Rule type: eql
Rule indices:
- auditbeat-*
- logs-endpoint.events.*
Severity: high
Risk score: 73
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
- Credential Access
Version: 4 (version history)
Added (Elastic Stack release): 7.10.0
Last modified (Elastic Stack release): 7.12.0
Rule authors: Elastic
Rule license: Elastic License v2
Rule query
editprocess where event.type in ("start", "process_started") and
process.args : ( "/Users/*/Library/Keychains/*",
"/Library/Keychains/*", "/Network/Library/Keychains/*",
"System.keychain", "login.keychain-db", "login.keychain"
)
Threat mapping
editFramework: MITRE ATT&CKTM
-
Tactic:
- Name: Credential Access
- ID: TA0006
- Reference URL: https://attack.mitre.org/tactics/TA0006/
-
Technique:
- Name: Credentials from Password Stores
- ID: T1555
- Reference URL: https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1555/
Rule version history
edit- Version 4 (7.12.0 release)
-
- Rule name changed from: Compression of Keychain Credentials Directories
-
Updated query, changed from:
event.category:process and event.type:(start or process_started) and process.name:(zip or tar or gzip or 7za or hdiutil) and process.args:("/Library/Keychains/" or "/Network/Library/Keychains/" or "~/Library/Keychains/")
- Version 3 (7.11.2 release)
-
- Formatting only
- Version 2 (7.11.0 release)
-
- Formatting only