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Prompt for Credentials with OSASCRIPT

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Prompt for Credentials with OSASCRIPT

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Identifies the use of osascript to execute scripts via standard input that may prompt a user with a rogue dialog for credentials.

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: 100 (version history)

Added (Elastic Stack release): 7.11.0

Last modified (Elastic Stack release): 8.5.0

Rule authors: Elastic

Rule license: Elastic License v2

Investigation guide

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Rule query

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process where event.type in ("start", "process_started") and
process.name : "osascript" and process.command_line :
"osascript*display dialog*password*"

Threat mapping

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Framework: MITRE ATT&CK^TM

Tactic:
- Name: Credential Access
- ID: TA0006
- Reference URL: https://attack.mitre.org/tactics/TA0006/
Technique:
- Name: Input Capture
- ID: T1056
- Reference URL: https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1056/

Rule version history

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Version 100 (8.5.0 release)

Formatting only

Version 6 (8.4.0 release)

Formatting only

Version 4 (8.2.0 release)

Formatting only

Version 3 (7.12.0 release)

Updated query, changed from:

process where event.type in ("start", "process_started") and
process.name:"osascript" and process.args:"-e" and
process.args:"password"

Version 2 (7.11.2 release)

Formatting only

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