Authorization Plugin Modificationedit

Authorization plugins are used to extend the authorization services API and implement mechanisms that are not natively supported by the OS, such as multi-factor authentication with third party software. Adversaries may abuse this feature to persist and/or collect clear text credentials as they traverse the registered plugins during user logon.

Rule type: query

Rule indices:

  • auditbeat-*
  • logs-endpoint.events.*

Severity: medium

Risk score: 47

Runs every: 5m

Searches indices from: now-9m (Date Math format, see also Additional look-back time)

Maximum alerts per execution: 100

References:

Tags:

  • Elastic
  • Host
  • macOS
  • Threat Detection
  • Persistence

Version: 3

Rule authors:

  • Elastic

Rule license: Elastic License v2

Rule queryedit

event.category:file and not event.type:deletion and
  file.path:(/Library/Security/SecurityAgentPlugins/* and
  not /Library/Security/SecurityAgentPlugins/TeamViewerAuthPlugin.bundle/*) and
  not process.name:shove and process.code_signature.trusted:true

Framework: MITRE ATT&CKTM