Techniques › T1204.001 › AN0180
AN0180 Analytic 0180
macOS · attack.mitre.org · ATT&CK Enterprise v19.2
<p>Behavioral chain: (1) Safari/Chrome/Firefox/Office handles a URL; unified logs show open/click or LSQuarantine assignment, (2) outbound connection to untrusted domain, (3) a new file appears in ~/Downloads or /private/var/folders/* with quarantine flag.</p>
- Detects
- T1204.001 Malicious Link
- Part of
- DET0066 User Execution – Malicious Link (click → suspicious egress → download/write → follow-on activity)
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 source | Channel | Data component |
|---|---|---|
| macos:unifiedlog | open URL|clicked link|LSQuarantineAttach | DC0085 Network Traffic Content |
| NSM:Connections | New outbound connection from Safari/Chrome/Firefox/Word | DC0082 Network Connection Creation |
| fs:fsevents | Create in /Users/*/Downloads or /private/var/folders/* with quarantine attribute | DC0039 File Creation |
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.
| Field | Description |
|---|---|
TimeWindow | 10–30m correlation. |
QuarantinePolicy | Alert when com.apple.quarantine missing on newly downloaded executables. |
SuspiciousTLDs | Org-specific risky domains/TLDs. |
KEV CVEs whose mapped technique this analytic detects
| CVE | Vendor / product | State |
|---|---|---|
| CVE-2012-0767 | Adobe Flash Player | Mapped |
| CVE-2015-5119 | Adobe Flash Player | Mapped |
| CVE-2020-3580 | Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) and Firepower Threat Defense (FTD) | Mapped |
| CVE-2022-21971 | Microsoft Windows | Mapped |
| CVE-2022-24682 | Synacor Zimbra Collaborate Suite (ZCS) | Mapped |
| CVE-2022-3038 | Google Chromium Network Service | Mapped |
| CVE-2022-3075 | Google Chromium Mojo | Mapped |
| CVE-2023-2136 | Google Chromium Skia | Mapped |
| CVE-2023-5217 | Google Chromium libvpx | Mapped |
| CVE-2023-5631 | Roundcube Webmail | Mapped |
| CVE-2024-38112 | Microsoft Windows | Mapped |