-- Catch applications running from unusual directories, such as /tmp -- -- references: -- * https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1074/ -- -- false positives: -- * software installers and updaters -- * developers running programs out of /tmp -- -- interval: 60 -- platform: darwin -- tags: filesystem events SELECT p.pid, p.path, REGEX_MATCH (p.path, '(.*)/', 1) AS dirname, REPLACE(file.directory, u.directory, '~') AS homedir, p.cmdline, p.mode, p.cwd, p.euid, p.parent, pp.path AS parent_path, pp.name AS parent_name, pp.cmdline AS parent_cmd, pp.euid AS parent_euid, hash.sha256 AS parent_sha256 FROM process_events p LEFT JOIN processes ON p.pid = processes.pid LEFT JOIN file ON p.path = file.path LEFT JOIN users u ON p.uid = u.uid LEFT JOIN processes pp ON p.parent = pp.pid LEFT JOIN hash ON pp.path = hash.path WHERE p.time > (strftime('%s', 'now') -60) -- The process_events table on macOS ends up with relative directories for some reason? AND dirname LIKE '/%' AND file.size > 0 AND dirname NOT IN ( '/bin', '/Library/DropboxHelperTools/Dropbox_u501', '/Library/Google/GoogleSoftwareUpdate/GoogleSoftwareUpdate.bundle/Contents/Helpers/GoogleSoftwareUpdateAgent.app/Contents/MacOS', '/Library/Google/GoogleSoftwareUpdate/GoogleSoftwareUpdate.bundle/Contents/Helpers.app/Contents/MacOS', '/Library/Printers/DYMO/Utilities', '/Library/Application Support/Logitech.localized/Logitech Options.localized/LogiMgrUpdater.app/Contents/Resources', '/usr/lib/system', '/Library/PrivilegedHelperTools', '/sbin', '/nix/store', '/usr/bin', '/usr/lib', '/Library/TeX/texbin', '/usr/lib/bluetooth', '/usr/lib/cups/notifier', '/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.10/bin', '/usr/libexec', '/usr/libexec/ApplicationFirewall', '/usr/libexec/rosetta', '/node_modules/.bin', '/nix/var/nix/profiles/default/bin', '/run/current-system/sw/bin', '/usr/libexec/firmwarecheckers/eficheck', '/usr/sbin', '/usr/share/code' ) AND dirname NOT LIKE '/Applications/%.app/%' AND dirname NOT LIKE '/etc/profiles/per-user/%/bin' AND dirname NOT LIKE '/home/%' AND dirname NOT LIKE '/Library/%/%.bundle/Contents/Helpers' AND dirname NOT LIKE '/Library/%/Resources/%/Contents/MacOS' AND dirname NOT LIKE '/Library/%/sbin' -- Nessus AND dirname NOT LIKE '/Library/Apple/System/%' AND dirname NOT LIKE '/Library/Application Support/%/Contents/MacOS' AND dirname NOT LIKE '/Library/Application Support/Adobe/%' AND dirname NOT LIKE '/Library/Audio/Plug-Ins/%/Contents/MacOS' AND dirname NOT LIKE '/Library/CoreMediaIO/Plug-Ins/%' AND dirname NOT LIKE '/Library/Developer/%' AND dirname NOT LIKE '/Library/Developer/CommandLineTools/Library/%' AND dirname NOT LIKE '/Library/Internet Plug-Ins/%/Contents/MacOS' AND dirname NOT LIKE '/Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/%' AND dirname NOT LIKE '/Library/SystemExtensions/%' AND dirname NOT LIKE '/nix/store/%' AND dirname NOT LIKE '/opt/%' AND dirname NOT LIKE '/private/tmp/go-build%/exe' AND dirname NOT LIKE '/private/tmp/nix-build-%' AND dirname NOT LIKE '/private/var/db/com.apple.xpc.roleaccountd.staging/%.xpc/Contents/MacOS' AND dirname NOT LIKE '/private/var/folders/%/bin' AND dirname NOT LIKE '/private/var/folders/%/Contents/%' AND dirname NOT LIKE '/private/var/folders/%/go-build%' AND dirname NOT LIKE '/private/var/folders/%/GoLand' AND dirname NOT LIKE '/snap/%' AND dirname NOT LIKE '/store/%/bin' AND dirname NOT LIKE '/System/%' AND dirname NOT LIKE '/Users/%' AND dirname NOT LIKE '/usr/libexec/%' AND dirname NOT LIKE '/usr/local/%' AND dirname NOT LIKE '/Volumes/com.getdropbox.dropbox-%' AND dirname NOT LIKE '/private/tmp/KSInstallAction.%/Install Google Software Update.app/Contents/Helpers' -- Unexplained data issue AND dirname NOT LIKE '../%' AND p.path NOT IN ( '/Applications/Stats.app/Contents/MacOS/Stats', '/usr/libexec/AssetCache/AssetCache', '_build/krew/bin/git', '/Library/PrivilegedHelperTools/com.adobe.acc.installer.v2', '/Library/DropboxHelperTools/DropboxHelperInstaller', '/Library/PrivilegedHelperTools/com.adobe.ARMDC.Communicator', '/Library/PrivilegedHelperTools/com.adobe.ARMDC.SMJobBlessHelper', '/Library/PrivilegedHelperTools/com.docker.vmnetd', '/Library/PrivilegedHelperTools/com.macpaw.CleanMyMac4.Agent', '/Library/PrivilegedHelperTools/keybase.Helper' ) -- Nix AND parent_path NOT LIKE '/nix/store/%' -- Homebrew and other compilations AND parent_cmd NOT LIKE '%./configure%' -- Pulumi executables are often executed from $TMPDIR AND NOT ( dirname LIKE '/private/var/%' AND processes.name LIKE 'pulumi-go.%' ) -- Chrome executes patches from /tmp :( AND NOT ( dirname LIKE '/private/tmp/%' AND processes.name = 'goobspatch' ) -- Don't spam alerts with repeated invocations of the same command-line GROUP BY p.cmdline, p.cwd, p.euid