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Osacompile Execution By Potentially Suspicious Applet/Osascript — Sigma Rule

Sigma rule a753a6af-3126-426d-8bd0-26ebbcb92254. Osacompile Execution By Potentially Suspicious Applet/Osascript — Sigma Rule. Detects potential suspicious applet or osascript executing "osacompile".

Rule metadata and linked tags

Author: Sohan G (D4rkCiph3r), Red Canary (Idea). Source status: test; severity: medium. Source dates: 2023-04-03 / not supplied.

{
  "category": "process_creation",
  "product": "macos"
}

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Source SHA-256: ce02ee870ae81ce0a5eb40f0286c488fee3340ea2c85a7ea0e63c8d17a8415b1

Detection logic

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title: Osacompile Execution By Potentially Suspicious Applet/Osascript
id: a753a6af-3126-426d-8bd0-26ebbcb92254
status: test
description: Detects potential suspicious applet or osascript executing "osacompile".
references:
    - https://redcanary.com/blog/mac-application-bundles/
author: Sohan G (D4rkCiph3r), Red Canary (Idea)
date: 2023-04-03
tags:
    - attack.execution
    - attack.t1059.002
logsource:
    category: process_creation
    product: macos
detection:
    selection:
        ParentImage|endswith:
            - '/applet'
            - '/osascript'
        CommandLine|contains: 'osacompile'
    condition: selection
falsepositives:
    - Unknown
level: medium

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False positives

  • Unknown

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