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JAMF MDM Potential Suspicious Child Process

Status
test
Severity
medium
Log source
product macos, category process_creation
Author
Nasreddine Bencherchali (Nextron Systems)
Source
github.com/SigmaHQ/sigma

Detects potential suspicious child processes of "jamf". Could be a sign of potential abuse of Jamf as a C2 server as seen by Typhon MythicAgent.

MITRE ATT&CK coverage

TacticTechniques
ExecutionNo specific technique

Event coverage

ProviderEventTitle
ESFexecProcess Execution (Notify)

Rule body yaml

title: JAMF MDM Potential Suspicious Child Process
id: 2316929c-01aa-438c-970f-099145ab1ee6
status: test
description: Detects potential suspicious child processes of "jamf". Could be a sign of potential abuse of Jamf as a C2 server as seen by Typhon MythicAgent.
references:
    - https://github.com/MythicAgents/typhon/
    - https://www.zoocoup.org/casper/jamf_cheatsheet.pdf
    - https://docs.jamf.com/10.30.0/jamf-pro/administrator-guide/Components_Installed_on_Managed_Computers.html
author: Nasreddine Bencherchali (Nextron Systems)
date: 2023-08-22
tags:
    - attack.execution
logsource:
    category: process_creation
    product: macos
detection:
    selection:
        ParentImage|endswith: '/jamf'
        Image|endswith:
            # Note: Add additional binaries/commands that are uncommon during your typical admin usage of Jamf
            - '/bash'
            - '/sh'
    condition: selection
falsepositives:
    - Legitimate execution of custom scripts or commands by Jamf administrators. Apply additional filters accordingly
level: medium

Stages and Predicates

Stage 0: condition

selection

Stage 1: selection

selection:
    ParentImage|endswith: '/jamf'
    Image|endswith:
        - '/bash'
        - '/sh'

Indicators

Each row is a field, operator, and value that the rule matches. The corpus column counts how many other rules in the catalog look for the same combination: high numbers point to widely-used, community-vetted indicators. Blank or 1 shows that the indicator is specific to this rule.

FieldKindValues
Imageends_with
  • /bash
  • /sh
ParentImageends_with
  • /jamf