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TechniquesT1497.001 › AN0480

AN0480 Analytic 0480

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

<p>Bash, Swift, or Objective-C programs enumerate system profile, I/O registry, or inspect kernel extensions to identify VM artifacts</p>
Detects
T1497.001 System Checks
Part of
DET0168 Virtualization/Sandbox Evasion via System Checks across Windows, Linux, macOS

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:unifiedlogexec or spawn of 'system_profiler', 'ioreg', 'kextstat', 'sysctl', or calls to sysctl APIDC0032 Process 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.

FieldDescription
ExecutionBurstThreshold of sequential system checks or tools used in a short time
ToolNameSpecific tools used for querying device and system metadata