Possible Enumeration Behavior Via Find - MacOS (via process_creation)

title: Possible Enumeration Behavior Via Find - MacOS (via process_creation)
id: 799cfb38-b241-595f-a5ff-c9803ae99f2f
status: stable
description: This rule detects use of "find" binary in an anomalous manner to perform discovery
references:
    - https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1083/
    - https://github.com/SaiSathvik1/Linux-Privilege-Escalation-Notes
author: Huntrule Team
date: 2026-05-25
tags:
    - attack.discovery
    - attack.t1083
logsource:
    category: process_creation
    product: macos
detection:
    selection:
        Image|endswith: '/find'
        CommandLine|contains:
            - '-perm -4000'
            - '-perm -2000'
            - '-perm 0777'
            - '-perm -222'
            - '-perm -o w'
            - '-perm -o x'
            - '-perm -u=s'
            - '-perm -g=s'
    condition: selection
falsepositives:
    - Unknown
level: medium