-- Detect unusual calls to osascript -- -- This query does some gymnastics, as the information on the parent process may be -- found in the 'process' (currently running) or 'process_events' table (recently started). -- -- In the case of a long-running process that was recently terminated, parent information -- may not be in either. -- -- false positives: -- * none observed, but they are expected -- -- interval: 900 -- platform: darwin -- tags: process events SELECT -- Child pe.path AS p0_path, REGEX_MATCH (pe.path, '.*/(.*)', 1) AS p0_name, TRIM(pe.cmdline) AS p0_cmd, pe.cwd AS p0_cwd, pe.pid AS p0_pid, pe.euid AS p0_euid, p.cgroup_path AS p0_cgroup, s.authority AS p0_authority, -- Parent pe.parent AS p1_pid, p1.cgroup_path AS p1_cgroup, TRIM(COALESCE(p1.cmdline, pe1.cmdline)) AS p1_cmd, COALESCE(p1.path, pe1.path) AS p1_path, COALESCE(p_hash1.sha256, pe_hash1.sha256) AS p1_hash, REGEX_MATCH(COALESCE(p1.path, pe1.path), '.*/(.*)', 1) AS p1_name, pe_sig1.authority AS p1_authority, -- Grandparent COALESCE(p1.parent, pe1.parent) AS p2_pid, COALESCE(p1_p2.cgroup_path, pe1_p2.cgroup_path) AS p2_cgroup, TRIM(COALESCE(p1_p2.cmdline, pe1_p2.cmdline, pe1_pe2.cmdline)) AS p2_cmd, COALESCE(p1_p2.path, pe1_p2.path, pe1_pe2.path) AS p2_path, COALESCE(p1_p2_hash.path, pe1_p2_hash.path, pe1_pe2_hash.path) AS p2_hash, REGEX_MATCH(COALESCE(p1_p2.path, pe1_p2.path, pe1_pe2.path), '.*/(.*)', 1) AS p2_name, COALESCE(p1_p2_sig.authority, pe1_p2_sig.authority, pe1_pe2_sig.authority) AS p2_authority FROM process_events pe LEFT JOIN processes p ON pe.pid = p.pid LEFT JOIN signature s ON pe.path = s.path -- Parents (via two paths) LEFT JOIN processes p1 ON pe.parent = p1.pid LEFT JOIN hash p_hash1 ON p1.path = p_hash1.path LEFT JOIN process_events pe1 ON pe.parent = pe1.pid AND pe1.cmdline != '' LEFT JOIN hash pe_hash1 ON pe1.path = pe_hash1.path LEFT JOIN signature pe_sig1 ON pe1.path = pe_sig1.path -- Grandparents (via 3 paths) LEFT JOIN processes p1_p2 ON p1.parent = p1_p2.pid -- Current grandparent via parent processes LEFT JOIN processes pe1_p2 ON pe1.parent = pe1_p2.pid -- Current grandparent via parent events LEFT JOIN process_events pe1_pe2 ON pe1.parent = pe1_p2.pid AND pe1_pe2.cmdline != '' -- Past grandparent via parent events LEFT JOIN hash p1_p2_hash ON p1_p2.path = p1_p2_hash.path LEFT JOIN hash pe1_p2_hash ON pe1_p2.path = pe1_p2_hash.path LEFT JOIN hash pe1_pe2_hash ON pe1_pe2.path = pe1_pe2_hash.path LEFT JOIN signature p1_p2_sig ON p1_p2.path = p1_p2_sig.path LEFT JOIN signature pe1_p2_sig ON pe1_p2.path = pe1_p2_sig.path LEFT JOIN signature pe1_pe2_sig ON pe1_pe2.path = pe1_pe2_sig.path WHERE pe.path IN ('/usr/bin/osascript', '/usr/bin/osacompile') AND pe.time > (strftime('%s', 'now') -900) AND pe.cmdline != '' -- Only include successful executions: On macOS, process_events includes unsuccessful path lookups! AND pe.status = 0 AND NOT ( pe.euid > 500 AND ( p0_cmd IN ('osascript -e user locale of (get system info)') OR p0_cmd LIKE '%"CFBundleName" of property list file (app_path & ":Contents:Info.plist")' OR p0_cmd LIKE 'osascript -e set zoomStatus to "closed"%' OR p0_cmd LIKE 'osascript -e%tell application "System Preferences"%reveal anchor "shortcutsTab"%"com.apple.preference.keyboard"' OR p0_cmd LIKE 'osascript -e tell application "zoom.us"%' OR p0_cmd LIKE 'osascript openChrome.applescript http://127.0.0.1:%' OR p0_cmd LIKE 'osascript openChrome.applescript http%://localhost%' OR p0_cmd LIKE '/usr/bin/osascript /Users/%/Library/Caches/com.runningwithcrayons.Alfred/Workflow Scripts/%' OR p0_cmd LIKE '/usr/bin/osascript /Users/%/osx-trash/trashfile.AppleScript %' OR p0_cmd LIKE '/usr/bin/osascript /Applications/Amazon Photos.app/Contents/Resources/quit_and_restart_app.scpt /Applications/Amazon Photos.app com.amazon.clouddrive.mac%' OR p1_cmd LIKE '%/bin/gcloud auth%login' OR p1_cmd LIKE '%/google-cloud-sdk/lib/gcloud.py auth%login' OR p1_cmd LIKE '%aws configure sso' OR p1_cmd LIKE '% /opt/homebrew/bin/jupyter%notebook' OR p1_name IN ('yubikey-agent') OR ( p1_authority = 'Developer ID Application: VNG ONLINE CO.,LTD (CVB6BX97VM)' AND p0_cmd = 'osascript -ss' ) ) ) -- The following apply to all uids AND NOT p0_cmd = 'osascript -e user locale of (get system info)' GROUP BY pe.pid