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TechniquesT1027.008 › AN0057

AN0057 Analytic 0057

macOS · attack.mitre.org · ATT&CK Enterprise v19.2

<p>Creation of run-only AppleScripts or Mach-O binaries lacking symbol table and string references, especially when dropped by user space scripting engines or staging apps.</p>
Detects
T1027.008 Stripped Payloads
Part of
DET0019 Detection Strategy for Stripped Payloads Across Platforms

Log sources and channels

Exactly as MITRE states them in x_mitre_log_source_references. Where a channel is vague, it is vague in the source; kevmap does not tidy it.

Log sourceChannelData component
macos:unifiedlogfile writeDC0039 File Creation
macos:endpointsecurityES_EVENT_TYPE_NOTIFY_EXECDC0032 Process Creation
macos:osquerycode_signing, file_metadataDC0059 File Metadata

Mutable elements

Parameters MITRE marks as environment-specific. These are the knobs you are expected to tune; they are why an analytic is not a rule.

FieldDescription
RunOnlyFlagAppleScript flag to disable reverse engineering (run-only compiled scripts)
ParentProcessFilter to isolate staging or suspicious scripting engines
SignedStatusTuning based on unsigned vs. developer-signed payloads