Elastic Security Detection Rules

Keychain Password Retrieval via Command Line

Last updated 5 months ago on 2025-03-18
Created 6 years ago on 2020-01-06

About

Adversaries may collect keychain storage data from a system to in order to acquire credentials. Keychains are the built-in way for macOS to keep track of users' passwords and credentials for many services and features, including Wi-Fi and website passwords, secure notes, certificates, and Kerberos.
Tags
Domain: EndpointOS: macOSUse Case: Threat DetectionTactic: Credential AccessData Source: Elastic DefendLanguage: eql
Severity
high
Risk Score
73
MITRE ATT&CK™

Credential Access (TA0006)(opens in a new tab or window)

↳ Credentials from Password Stores (T1555)(opens in a new tab or window)

↳ Credentials from Password Stores (T1555)(opens in a new tab or window)

False Positive Examples
Applications for password management.
License
Elastic License v2(opens in a new tab or window)

Definition

Rule Type
Event Correlation Rule
Integration Pack
Prebuilt Security Detection Rules
Index Patterns
logs-endpoint.events.process*
Related Integrations

endpoint(opens in a new tab or window)

Query
process where host.os.type == "macos" and event.action == "exec" and
 process.name == "security" and
 process.args like ("-wa", "-ga") and process.args like~ ("find-generic-password", "find-internet-password") and
 process.command_line : ("*Chrome*", "*Chromium*", "*Opera*", "*Safari*", "*Brave*", "*Microsoft Edge*", "*Firefox*") and
 not process.parent.executable like "/Applications/Keeper Password Manager.app/Contents/Frameworks/Keeper Password Manager Helper*/Contents/MacOS/Keeper Password Manager Helper*"

Install detection rules in Elastic Security

Detect Keychain Password Retrieval via Command Line in the Elastic Security detection engine by installing this rule into your Elastic Stack.

To setup this rule, check out the installation guide for Prebuilt Security Detection Rules(opens in a new tab or window).