Remote SSH Login Enabled via systemsetup Commandedit
Detects use of the systemsetup command to enable remote SSH Login.
Rule type: query
Rule indices:
- auditbeat-*
- logs-endpoint.events.*
Severity: medium
Risk score: 47
Runs every: 5 minutes
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
- Lateral Movement
Version: 100 (version history)
Added (Elastic Stack release): 7.10.0
Last modified (Elastic Stack release): 8.5.0
Rule authors: Elastic
Rule license: Elastic License v2
Rule queryedit
event.category:process and event.type:(start or process_started) and
process.name:systemsetup and process.args:("-setremotelogin" and on)
and not process.parent.executable : /usr/local/jamf/bin/jamf
Threat mappingedit
Framework: MITRE ATT&CKTM
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Tactic:
- Name: Lateral Movement
- ID: TA0008
- Reference URL: https://attack.mitre.org/tactics/TA0008/
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Technique:
- Name: Remote Services
- ID: T1021
- Reference URL: https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1021/
Rule version historyedit
- Version 100 (8.5.0 release)
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- Formatting only
- Version 5 (8.4.0 release)
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Updated query, changed from:
event.category:process and event.type:(start or process_started) and process.name:systemsetup and process.args:("-setremotelogin" and on)
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- Version 3 (7.12.0 release)
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Updated query, changed from:
event.category:process and event.type:(start or process_started) and process.name:systemsetup and process.args:("-f" and "-setremotelogin" and on)
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- Version 2 (7.11.2 release)
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- Formatting only