Detectionmediumtest

Potential Discovery Activity Using Find - MacOS

Detects usage of "find" binary in a suspicious manner to perform discovery

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Nasreddine Bencherchali (Nextron Systems)Created Wed Dec 2885de3a19-b675-4a51-bfc6-b11a5186c971macos

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: '/find'
        CommandLine|contains:
            - '-perm -4000'
            - '-perm -2000'
            - '-perm 0777'
            - '-perm -222'
            - '-perm -o w'
            - '-perm -o x'
            - '-perm -u=s'
            - '-perm -g=s'
    condition: selection