Remote SSH Login Enabled via systemsetup Command

Detects use of the systemsetup command to enable remote SSH Login.

Rule type: query

Rule indices:

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:

Version: 3 (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

event.category:process and event.type:(start or process_started) and
process.name:systemsetup and process.args:("-setremotelogin" and on)

Framework: MITRE ATT&CK^TM

Tactic:
- Name: Lateral Movement
- ID: TA0008
- Reference URL: https://attack.mitre.org/tactics/TA0008/
Technique:
- Name: Remote Services
- ID: T1021
- Reference URL: https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1021/

Version 3 (7.12.0 release)

Updated query, changed from:

event.category:process and event.type:(start or process_started) and
process.name:systemsetup and process.args:("-f" and "-setremotelogin"
and on)

Version 2 (7.11.2 release)