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Active Rule
Hidden User Creation
Target Profile
Splunk
Splunk SPL & tstats data model queries
Format Mode
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Plain SPL queries
Conversion Output
Hidden User Creation
Using Splunk · Default · sigma-cli 2.0.2
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BackendSplunkFormatDefaultVersion2.0.2
title: Hidden User Creation
id: b22a5b36-2431-493a-8be1-0bae56c28ef3
status: test
description: Detects creation of a hidden user account on macOS (UserID < 500) or with IsHidden option
references:
- https://github.com/redcanaryco/atomic-red-team/blob/f339e7da7d05f6057fdfcdd3742bfcf365fee2a9/atomics/T1564.002/T1564.002.md
author: Daniil Yugoslavskiy, oscd.community
date: 2020-10-10
modified: 2021-11-27
tags:
- attack.defense-evasion
- attack.t1564.002
logsource:
category: process_creation
product: macos
detection:
dscl_create:
Image|endswith: '/dscl'
CommandLine|contains: 'create'
id_below_500:
CommandLine|contains: UniqueID
CommandLine|re: '([0-9]|[1-9][0-9]|[1-4][0-9]{2})'
ishidden_option_declaration:
CommandLine|contains: 'IsHidden'
ishidden_option_confirmation:
CommandLine|contains:
- 'true'
- 'yes'
- '1'
condition: dscl_create and id_below_500 or dscl_create and (ishidden_option_declaration and ishidden_option_confirmation)
falsepositives:
- Legitimate administration activities
level: medium
CLI command
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sigma convert --without-pipeline -t splunk -f default rules/macos/process_creation/proc_creation_macos_create_hidden_account.yml