System Services: Launchctl T1569.001
Tactic: Execution
Adversaries may abuse launchctl to execute commands or programs. Launchctl interfaces with launchd, the service management framework for macOS. Launchctl supports taking subcommands on the command-line, interactively, or even redirected from standard input.
Events covered
2 catalog events are tagged with this technique by at least one rule.
| Provider | Event | Title |
|---|---|---|
| ESF | exec | Process Execution |
| ESF | fork | Process Fork |
Authoring guide
These 4 rules share fields, values, and exclusions.
Fields filtered most (8 distinct)
These fields appear most often in rule filters.
Top indicator values (63 distinct)
These values appear most often in rule predicates.
Exclusions (21 distinct)
These values appear most often in top-level exclusions.
Rules under this technique
These vendors publish rules tagged with this technique.
Platform: macOS
Domain: Endpoint