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<div><h1 class="title"><a id="id-1"></a>Apple Scripting Execution with Administrator Privileges</h1><a class="edit_me edit_me_private" rel="nofollow" title="Editing on GitHub is available to Elastic" href="https://github.com/elastic/security-docs/edit/8.6/docs/detections/prebuilt-rules/rule-details/apple-scripting-execution-with-administrator-privileges.asciidoc">edit</a></div>
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<p>Identifies execution of the Apple script interpreter (osascript) without a password prompt and with administrator privileges.</p>
<p><span class="strong strong"><strong>Rule type</strong></span>: eql</p>
<p><span class="strong strong"><strong>Rule indices</strong></span>:</p>
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auditbeat-*
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logs-endpoint.events.*
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<p><span class="strong strong"><strong>Severity</strong></span>: medium</p>
<p><span class="strong strong"><strong>Risk score</strong></span>: 47</p>
<p><span class="strong strong"><strong>Runs every</strong></span>: 5m</p>
<p><span class="strong strong"><strong>Searches indices from</strong></span>: now-9m (<a href="/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/8.6/common-options.html#date-math" class="ulink" target="_top">Date Math format</a>, see also <a class="xref" href="rules-ui-create.html#rule-schedule" title="Set the rule’s schedule"><code class="literal">Additional look-back time</code></a>)</p>
<p><span class="strong strong"><strong>Maximum alerts per execution</strong></span>: 100</p>
<p><span class="strong strong"><strong>References</strong></span>:</p>
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<a href="https://discussions.apple.com/thread/2266150" class="ulink" target="_top">https://discussions.apple.com/thread/2266150</a>
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<p><span class="strong strong"><strong>Tags</strong></span>:</p>
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Domain: Endpoint
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OS: macOS
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Use Case: Threat Detection
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Tactic: Execution
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Tactic: Privilege Escalation
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<p><span class="strong strong"><strong>Version</strong></span>: 103</p>
<p><span class="strong strong"><strong>Rule authors</strong></span>:</p>
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Elastic
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<p><span class="strong strong"><strong>Rule license</strong></span>: Elastic License v2</p>
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<pre class="programlisting prettyprint lang-js">process where host.os.type == "macos" and event.type in ("start", "process_started") and process.name : "osascript" and
process.command_line : "osascript*with administrator privileges"</pre>
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<p><span class="strong strong"><strong>Framework</strong></span>: MITRE ATT&CK<sup>TM</sup></p>
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<p>Tactic:</p>
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Name: Privilege Escalation
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ID: TA0004
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Reference URL: <a href="https://attack.mitre.org/tactics/TA0004/" class="ulink" target="_top">https://attack.mitre.org/tactics/TA0004/</a>
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<p>Technique:</p>
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Name: Valid Accounts
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ID: T1078
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Reference URL: <a href="https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1078/" class="ulink" target="_top">https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1078/</a>
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<p>Tactic:</p>
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Name: Execution
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ID: TA0002
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Reference URL: <a href="https://attack.mitre.org/tactics/TA0002/" class="ulink" target="_top">https://attack.mitre.org/tactics/TA0002/</a>
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<p>Technique:</p>
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Name: Command and Scripting Interpreter
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<li class="listitem">
ID: T1059
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Reference URL: <a href="https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1059/" class="ulink" target="_top">https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1059/</a>
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