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Guest Account Enabled Via Sysadminctl

Detects attempts to enable the guest account using the sysadminctl utility

MITRE ATT&CK

privilege-escalationpersistencedefense-evasioninitial-access

Detection Query

selection:
  Image|endswith: /sysadminctl
  CommandLine|contains|all:
    - " -guestAccount"
    - " on"
condition: selection

Author

Sohan G (D4rkCiph3r)

Created

2023-02-18

Data Sources

macosProcess Creation Events

Platforms

macos

References

https://ss64.com/osx/sysadminctl.html

Tags

attack.privilege-escalationattack.persistenceattack.defense-evasionattack.initial-accessattack.t1078attack.t1078.001

Raw Content

title: Guest Account Enabled Via Sysadminctl
id: d7329412-13bd-44ba-a072-3387f804a106
status: test
description: Detects attempts to enable the guest account using the sysadminctl utility
references:
    - https://ss64.com/osx/sysadminctl.html
author: Sohan G (D4rkCiph3r)
date: 2023-02-18
tags:
    - attack.privilege-escalation
    - attack.persistence
    - attack.defense-evasion
    - attack.initial-access
    - attack.t1078
    - attack.t1078.001
logsource:
    category: process_creation
    product: macos
detection:
    selection:
        Image|endswith: '/sysadminctl'
        CommandLine|contains|all:
            # By default the guest account is not active
            - ' -guestAccount'
            - ' on'
    condition: selection
falsepositives:
    - Unknown
level: low