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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: 100 (version history)

Added (Elastic Stack release): 7.10.0

Last modified (Elastic Stack release): 8.5.0

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&CKTM

Rule version history

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Version 100 (8.5.0 release)
  • Formatting only
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)
  • Formatting only
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