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Active Rule

Potential XCSSET Malware Infection

Target Profile

Splunk

Splunk SPL & tstats data model queries

Format Mode

Default

Plain SPL queries

Conversion Output

Potential XCSSET Malware Infection

Using Splunk · Default · sigma-cli 2.0.2

Translation controls

Adjust the rule on the left, then regenerate when you want a fresh backend-native query.

BackendSplunkFormatDefaultVersion2.0.2
title: Potential XCSSET Malware Infection
id: 47d65ac0-c06f-4ba2-a2e3-d263139d0f51
status: test
description: Identifies the execution traces of the XCSSET malware. XCSSET is a macOS trojan that primarily spreads via Xcode projects and maliciously modifies applications. Infected users are also vulnerable to having their credentials, accounts, and other vital data stolen.
references:
    - https://github.com/elastic/protections-artifacts/commit/746086721fd385d9f5c6647cada1788db4aea95f#diff-f5deb07688e1a8dec9530bc3071967b2da5c16b482e671812b864c37beb28f08
    - https://malpedia.caad.fkie.fraunhofer.de/details/osx.xcsset
author: Tim Rauch (rule), Elastic (idea)
date: 2022-10-17
tags:
    - attack.command-and-control
logsource:
    category: process_creation
    product: macos
detection:
    selection_1_curl:
        ParentImage|endswith: '/bash'
        Image|endswith: '/curl'
        CommandLine|contains:
            - '/sys/log.php'
            - '/sys/prepod.php'
            - '/sys/bin/Pods'
    selection_1_https:
        CommandLine|contains: 'https://'
    selection_other_1:
        ParentImage|endswith: '/bash'
        Image|endswith: '/osacompile'
        CommandLine|contains|all:
            - '/Users/'
            - '/Library/Group Containers/'
    selection_other_2:
        ParentImage|endswith: '/bash'
        Image|endswith: '/plutil'
        CommandLine|contains|all:
            - 'LSUIElement'
            - '/Users/'
            - '/Library/Group Containers/'
    selection_other_3:
        Image|endswith: '/zip'
        CommandLine|contains|all:
            - '-r'
            - '/Users/'
            - '/Library/Group Containers/'
    condition: all of selection_1_* or 1 of selection_other_*
falsepositives:
    - Unknown
level: medium

CLI command

Copy the exact command to reproduce this translation locally.

sigma convert --without-pipeline -t splunk -f default rules/macos/process_creation/proc_creation_macos_xcsset_malware_infection.yml