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Enumeration of Users or Groups via Built-in Commands
editEnumeration of Users or Groups via Built-in Commands
editIdentifies the execution of macOS built-in commands related to account or group enumeration.
Rule type: eql
Rule indices:
- auditbeat-*
- logs-endpoint.events.*
Severity: low
Risk score: 21
Runs every: 5 minutes
Searches indices from: now-9m (Date Math format, see also Additional look-back time
)
Maximum alerts per execution: 100
Tags:
- Elastic
- Host
- macOS
- Threat Detection
- Discovery
Version: 1
Added (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 not process.parent.executable : ("/Applications/NoMAD.app/Contents/MacOS/NoMAD", "/Applications/ZoomPresence.app/Contents/MacOS/ZoomPresence") and process.name : ("ldapsearch", "dsmemberutil") or (process.name : "dscl" and process.args : ("read", "-read", "list", "-list", "ls", "search", "-search") and process.args : ("/Active Directory/*", "/Users*", "/Groups*"))
Threat mapping
editFramework: MITRE ATT&CKTM
-
Tactic:
- Name: Discovery
- ID: TA0007
- Reference URL: https://attack.mitre.org/tactics/TA0007/
-
Technique:
- Name: Permission Groups Discovery
- ID: T1069
- Reference URL: https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1069/