Detectionmediumtest

Root Account Enable Via Dsenableroot

Detects attempts to enable the root account via "dsenableroot"

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Sohan G (D4rkCiph3r)Created Tue Aug 22821bcf4d-46c7-4b87-bc57-9509d3ba7c11macos

Log Source

macOSProcess Creation

ProductmacOS← raw: macos

CategoryProcess Creation← raw: process_creation

Events generated when a new process is spawned on the system. Covers command-line arguments, parent/child relationships, and process metadata.

Detection Logic

detection:
    selection:
        Image|endswith: '/dsenableroot'
    filter_main_disable:
        CommandLine|contains: ' -d '
    condition: selection and not 1 of filter_main_*

False Positives

Unknown

False positive likelihood has not been assessed. Additional context may be needed during triage.

References

MITRE ATT&CK

Tactics

TA0004 · Privilege Escalation TA0005 · Defense Evasion TA0001 · Initial Access TA0003 · Persistence

Techniques

T1078 · Valid Accounts

Sub-techniques

T1078.001 · Default Accounts T1078.003 · Local Accounts

Rule Metadata

Rule ID

821bcf4d-46c7-4b87-bc57-9509d3ba7c11

Status

test

Level

medium

Type

Detection

Created

Tue Aug 22

Author

Sohan G (D4rkCiph3r)

Path

rules/macos/process_creation/proc_creation_macos_dsenableroot_enable_root_account.yml

Raw Tags

attack.privilege-escalationattack.defense-evasionattack.t1078attack.t1078.001attack.t1078.003attack.initial-accessattack.persistence

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