-- Unexpected launchd scripts that use the 'program_arguments' field -- -- references: -- * https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1543/004/ (Create or Modify System Process: Launch Daemon) -- -- false positives: -- * Software by new vendors which have not yet been added to the allow list -- -- tags: persistent filesystem state -- platform: darwin SELECT l.label, l.name, l.path, TRIM(REGEX_SPLIT (l.program_arguments, ' -', 0)) AS program_path, l.program_arguments, l.keep_alive, signature.authority AS program_authority, hash.sha256 FROM launchd l LEFT JOIN signature ON program_path = signature.path LEFT JOIN hash ON program_path = hash.path WHERE ( run_at_load = 1 OR keep_alive = 1 ) AND ( program IS NULL OR program = '' ) AND l.path NOT LIKE '/System/%' AND l.path NOT LIKE '/Library/Apple/System/%' AND program_authority NOT IN ( 'Developer ID Application: Adguard Software Limited (TC3Q7MAJXF)', 'Developer ID Application: Adobe Inc. (JQ525L2MZD)', 'Developer ID Application: AtomicJar, Inc. (33C47PTHN6)', 'Developer ID Application: Canonical Group Limited (X4QN7LTP59)', 'Developer ID Application: Canva Pty Ltd (5HD2ARTBFS)', 'Developer ID Application: Cloudflare Inc. (68WVV388M8)', 'Developer ID Application: Corsair Memory, Inc. (Y93VXCB8Q5)', 'Developer ID Application: Elasticsearch, Inc (2BT3HPN62Z)', 'Developer ID Application: EnterpriseDB Corporation (26QKX55P9K)', 'Developer ID Application: Foxit Corporation (8GN47HTP75)', 'Developer ID Application: Fumihiko Takayama (G43BCU2T37)', 'Developer ID Application: Google, Inc. (EQHXZ8M8AV)', 'Developer ID Application: Google LLC (EQHXZ8M8AV)', 'Developer ID Application: Grammarly, Inc (W8F64X92K3)', 'Developer ID Application: Hercules Labs Inc. (B8PC799ZGU)', 'Developer ID Application: JetBrains s.r.o. (2ZEFAR8TH3)', 'Developer ID Application: Keybase, Inc. (99229SGT5K)', 'Developer ID Application: Kolide, Inc (X98UFR7HA3)', 'Developer ID Application: Kolide Inc (YZ3EM74M78)', 'Developer ID Application: Krisp Technologies, Inc. (U5R26XM5Z2)', 'Developer ID Application: Logitech Inc. (QED4VVPZWA)', 'Developer ID Application: MacPaw Inc. (S8EX82NJP6)', 'Developer ID Application: Maxon Computer GmbH (4ZY22YGXQG)', 'Developer ID Application: Mersive Technologies (63B5A5WDNG)', 'Developer ID Application: Microsoft Corporation (UBF8T346G9)', 'Developer ID Application: Mullvad VPN AB (CKG9MXH72F)', 'Developer ID Application: Objective-See, LLC (VBG97UB4TA)', 'Developer ID Application: OPENVPN TECHNOLOGIES, INC. (ACV7L3WCD8)', 'Developer ID Application: OSQUERY A Series of LF Projects, LLC (3522FA9PXF)', 'Developer ID Application: PACE Anti-Piracy, Inc. (TFZ8226T6X)', 'Developer ID Application: PaperCut Software International Pty Ltd (B5N3YV5P2H)', 'Developer ID Application: Paragon Software GmbH (LSJ6YVK468)', 'Developer ID Application: PFU LIMITED (XW4U7W2E9L)', -- Fujitsu 'Developer ID Application: Private Internet Access, Inc. (5357M5NW9W)', 'Developer ID Application: Proton AG (2SB5Z68H26)', 'Developer ID Application: Proton Technologies AG (6UN54H93QT)', 'Developer ID Application: Rapid7 LLC (UL6CGN7MAL)', 'Developer ID Application: Red Hat, Inc. (HYSCB8KRL2)', 'Developer ID Application: Sanford, L.P. (N3S6676K3E)', -- DYMO 'Developer ID Application: Seiko Epson Corporation (TXAEAV5RN4)', 'Developer ID Application: Tenable, Inc. (4B8J598M7U)', 'Developer ID Application: Ubiquiti Inc. (4P645293E8)', 'Developer ID Application: X-Rite, Incorporated (2K7GT73B4R)', 'Software Signing', -- Apple 'yabai-cert' ) AND program_arguments NOT IN ( '/Applications/AeroSpace.app/Contents/MacOS/AeroSpace --started-at-login', '/Applications/RODE Virtual Channels.app/Contents/MacOS/RODE Virtual Channels', '/Applications/Stream Deck.app/Contents/MacOS/Stream Deck --runinbk', '/Applications/Tunnelblick.app/Contents/Resources/launchAtLogin.sh', '/Library/Application Support/Sony Application Launcher/SonyAutoLauncher.app/Contents/MacOS/SonyAutoLauncher', '/Library/Application Support/WirelessAutoImport/WirelessImporterDaemon', '/Library/PrivilegedHelperTools/MHLinkServer.app/Contents/MacOS/MHLinkServer', '/opt/homebrew/bin/gitsign-credential-cache', '/opt/homebrew/opt/emacs/bin/emacs --fg-daemon', '/opt/homebrew/opt/libvirt/sbin/libvirtd -f /opt/homebrew/etc/libvirt/libvirtd.conf', '/opt/homebrew/opt/dnsmasq/sbin/dnsmasq --keep-in-foreground -C /opt/homebrew/etc/dnsmasq.conf -7 /opt/homebrew/etc/dnsmasq.d,*.conf', '/opt/homebrew/opt/jenkins/bin/jenkins --httpListenAddress=127.0.0.1 --httpPort=8080', '/opt/homebrew/opt/mariadb/bin/mysqld_safe', '/opt/homebrew/opt/nginx/bin/nginx -g daemon off;', '/opt/homebrew/opt/pueue/bin/pueued --verbose', '/opt/homebrew/opt/skhd/bin/skhd', '/opt/homebrew/opt/tailscale/bin/tailscaled', '/opt/homebrew/opt/yubikey-agent/bin/yubikey-agent -l /opt/homebrew/var/run/yubikey-agent.sock', '/usr/local/MacGPG2/libexec/fixGpgHome' ) AND program_arguments NOT LIKE '/opt/homebrew/opt/%/bin/%' AND program_arguments NOT LIKE '/opt/homebrew/opt/mongodb-community%/bin/mongod --config /opt/homebrew/etc/mongod.conf' AND program_arguments NOT LIKE '/Users/%/Library/Application Support/com.grammarly.ProjectLlama/Scripts/Grammarly Uninstaller' AND program_arguments NOT LIKE '/Users/%/Library/Application Support/com.grammarly.ProjectLlama/Scripts/post-uninstall.sh' AND program_arguments NOT LIKE '%/mysqld_safe --datadir=%' AND program_arguments NOT LIKE '/opt/homebrew/opt/socket_vmnet/bin/socket_vmnet --vmnet-gateway=% /opt/homebrew/var/run/socket_vmnet'