Detectionlowtest

Guest Account Enabled Via Sysadminctl

Detects attempts to enable the guest account using the sysadminctl utility

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Sohan G (D4rkCiph3r)Created Sat Feb 18d7329412-13bd-44ba-a072-3387f804a106macos

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: '/sysadminctl'
        CommandLine|contains|all:
            # By default the guest account is not active
            - ' -guestAccount'
            - ' on'
    condition: selection

False Positives

Unknown

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

References

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ss64.com

MITRE ATT&CK

Tactics

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

Techniques

T1078 · Valid Accounts

Sub-techniques

T1078.001 · Default Accounts

Rule Metadata

Rule ID

d7329412-13bd-44ba-a072-3387f804a106

Status

test

Level

low

Type

Detection

Created

Sat Feb 18

Author

Sohan G (D4rkCiph3r)

Path

rules/macos/process_creation/proc_creation_macos_sysadminctl_enable_guest_account.yml

Raw Tags

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

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