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Remote SSH Login Enabled via systemsetup Command

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Remote SSH Login Enabled via systemsetup Command

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

Rule type: query

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
Lateral Movement

Version: 5 (version history)

Added (Elastic Stack release): 7.10.0

Last modified (Elastic Stack release): 8.4.0

Rule authors: Elastic

Rule license: Elastic License v2

Rule query

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event.category:process and event.type:(start or process_started) and
process.name:systemsetup and process.args:("-setremotelogin" and on)
and not process.parent.executable : /usr/local/jamf/bin/jamf

Threat mapping

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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/

Rule version history

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Version 5 (8.4.0 release)

Updated query, changed from:

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

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)

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