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Sublime Plugin or Application Script Modification

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Sublime Plugin or Application Script Modification

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Adversaries may create or modify the Sublime application plugins or scripts to execute a malicious payload each time the Sublime application is started.

Rule type: eql

Rule indices:

  • logs-endpoint.events.*

Severity: low

Risk score: 21

Runs every: 5m

Searches indices from: now-9m (Date Math format, see also Additional look-back time)

Maximum alerts per execution: 100

References:

Tags:

  • Domain: Endpoint
  • OS: macOS
  • Use Case: Threat Detection
  • Tactic: Persistence
  • Data Source: Elastic Defend

Version: 106

Rule authors:

  • Elastic

Rule license: Elastic License v2

Rule query

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file where host.os.type == "macos" and event.type in ("change", "creation") and file.extension : "py" and
  file.path :
    (
      "/Users/*/Library/Application Support/Sublime Text*/Packages/*.py",
      "/Applications/Sublime Text.app/Contents/MacOS/sublime.py"
    ) and
  not process.executable :
    (
      "/Applications/Sublime Text*.app/Contents/*",
      "/usr/local/Cellar/git/*/bin/git",
      "/Library/Developer/CommandLineTools/usr/bin/git",
      "/usr/libexec/xpcproxy",
      "/System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/DesktopServicesPriv.framework/Versions/A/Resources/DesktopServicesHelper"
    )

Framework: MITRE ATT&CKTM

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