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Boot or Logon Initialization Scripts: Logon Script (Mac)

Description from ATT&CK

Adversaries may use a Login Hook to establish persistence executed upon user logon. A login hook is a plist file that points to a specific script to execute with root privileges upon user logon. The plist file is located in the /Library/Preferences/com.apple.loginwindow.plist file and can be modified using the defaults command-line utility. This behavior is the same for logout hooks where a script can be executed upon user logout. All hooks require administrator permissions to modify or create hooks.(Citation: Login Scripts Apple Dev)(Citation: LoginWindowScripts Apple Dev)

Adversaries can add or insert a path to a malicious script in the com.apple.loginwindow.plist file, using the LoginHook or LogoutHook key-value pair. The malicious script is executed upon the next user login. If a login hook already exists, adversaries can add additional commands to an existing login hook. There can be only one login and logout hook on a system at a time.(Citation: S1 macOs Persistence)(Citation: Wardle Persistence Chapter)

Note: Login hooks were deprecated in 10.11 version of macOS in favor of Launch Daemon and Launch Agent

Atomic Tests

Atomic Test #1 - Logon Scripts - Mac

Mac logon script

Supported Platforms: macos

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Inputs:

None

Run it with these steps!

  1. Create the required plist file

    sudo touch /private/var/root/Library/Preferences/com.apple.loginwindow.plist

  2. Populate the plist with the location of your shell script

    sudo defaults write com.apple.loginwindow LoginHook /Library/Scripts/AtomicRedTeam.sh

  3. Create the required plist file in the target user's Preferences directory

    touch /Users/$USER/Library/Preferences/com.apple.loginwindow.plist

  4. Populate the plist with the location of your shell script

    defaults write com.apple.loginwindow LoginHook /Library/Scripts/AtomicRedTeam.sh

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