Possible Creation Of A Local User Account (via process_creation)

title: Possible Creation Of A Local User Account (via process_creation)
id: 60d3bde2-5de6-5828-8d8c-74aaacb3799c
status: stable
description: This rule detects the creation of a new user account. Such accounts may be used for persistence that do not require persistent remote access tools to be deployed on the system.
references:
    - https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1136/001/
    - https://github.com/redcanaryco/atomic-red-team/blob/f339e7da7d05f6057fdfcdd3742bfcf365fee2a9/atomics/T1136.001/T1136.001.md
    - https://ss64.com/osx/sysadminctl.html
author: Huntrule Team
date: 2026-06-05
tags:
    - attack.t1136.001
    - attack.persistence
logsource:
    category: process_creation
    product: macos
detection:
    selection_dscl:
        Image|endswith: '/dscl'
        CommandLine|contains: 'create'
    selection_sysadminctl:
        Image|endswith: '/sysadminctl'
        CommandLine|contains: 'addUser'
    condition: 1 of selection_*
falsepositives:
    - Unknown
level: low