MacOS Emond Launch Daemon

Title: MacOS Emond Launch Daemon
Status: test
Description:Detects additions to the Emond Launch Daemon that adversaries may use to gain persistence and elevate privileges.
References:
  -https://github.com/redcanaryco/atomic-red-team/blob/f339e7da7d05f6057fdfcdd3742bfcf365fee2a9/atomics/T1546.014/T1546.014.md
  -https://posts.specterops.io/leveraging-emond-on-macos-for-persistence-a040a2785124
Author: Alejandro Ortuno, oscd.community
Date: 2020-10-23
modified:2021-11-27
Tags:

• -'attack.persistence'
• -'attack.privilege-escalation'
• -'attack.t1546.014'

Logsource:

• category: file_event
• product: macos

Detection:
  selection_1:
    TargetFilename|contains: '/etc/emond.d/rules/'
    TargetFilename|endswith: '.plist'
  selection_2:
    TargetFilename|contains: '/private/var/db/emondClients/'
  condition:1 of selection_*
Falsepositives:
  -Legitimate administration activities
Level: medium