{'created': '2018-04-18T17:59:24.739Z',
 'created_by_ref': 'identity--c78cb6e5-0c4b-4611-8297-d1b8b55e40b5',
 'description': 'The <code>sudo</code> command "allows a system administrator '
                'to delegate authority to give certain users (or groups of '
                'users) the ability to run some (or all) commands as root or '
                'another user while providing an audit trail of the commands '
                'and their arguments." (Citation: sudo man page 2018) Since '
                'sudo was made for the system administrator, it has some '
                'useful configuration features such as a '
                '<code>timestamp_timeout</code> that is the amount of time in '
                'minutes between instances of <code>sudo</code> before it will '
                're-prompt for a password. This is because <code>sudo</code> '
                'has the ability to cache credentials for a period of time. '
                'Sudo creates (or touches) a file at <code>/var/db/sudo</code> '
                'with a timestamp of when sudo was last run to determine this '
                'timeout. Additionally, there is a <code>tty_tickets</code> '
                'variable that treats each new tty (terminal session) in '
                'isolation. This means that, for example, the sudo timeout of '
                'one tty will not affect another tty (you will have to type '
                'the password again).\n'
                '\n'
                'Adversaries can abuse poor configurations of this to escalate '
                "privileges without needing the user's password. "
                "<code>/var/db/sudo</code>'s timestamp can be monitored to see "
                'if it falls within the <code>timestamp_timeout</code> range. '
                'If it does, then malware can execute sudo commands without '
                "needing to supply the user's password. When "
                '<code>tty_tickets</code> is disabled, adversaries can do this '
                'from any tty for that user. \n'
                '\n'
                'The OSX Proton Malware has disabled <code>tty_tickets</code> '
                'to potentially make scripting easier by issuing <code>echo '
                "\\'Defaults !tty_tickets\\' >> /etc/sudoers</code>  "
                '(Citation: cybereason osx proton). In order for this change '
                'to be reflected, the Proton malware also must issue '
                '<code>killall Terminal</code>. As of macOS Sierra, the '
                'sudoers file has <code>tty_tickets</code> enabled by default.',
 'external_references': [{'external_id': 'T1206',
                          'source_name': 'mitre-attack',
                          'url': 'https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1206'},
                         {'description': 'Todd C. Miller. (2018). Sudo Man '
                                         'Page. Retrieved March 19, 2018.',
                          'source_name': 'sudo man page 2018',
                          'url': 'https://www.sudo.ws/'},
                         {'description': 'Amit Serper. (2018, May 10). ProtonB '
                                         'What this Mac Malware Actually Does. '
                                         'Retrieved March 19, 2018.',
                          'source_name': 'cybereason osx proton',
                          'url': 'https://www.cybereason.com/blog/labs-proton-b-what-this-mac-malware-actually-does'}],
 'id': 'attack-pattern--2169ba87-1146-4fc7-a118-12b72251db7e',
 'kill_chain_phases': [{'kill_chain_name': 'mitre-attack',
                        'phase_name': 'privilege-escalation'}],
 'modified': '2025-10-24T17:48:30.957Z',
 'name': 'Sudo Caching',
 'object_marking_refs': ['marking-definition--fa42a846-8d90-4e51-bc29-71d5b4802168'],
 'revoked': True,
 'spec_version': '2.1',
 'type': 'attack-pattern',
 'x_mitre_attack_spec_version': '3.2.0',
 'x_mitre_deprecated': False,
 'x_mitre_detection': '',
 'x_mitre_domains': ['enterprise-attack'],
 'x_mitre_is_subtechnique': False,
 'x_mitre_modified_by_ref': 'identity--c78cb6e5-0c4b-4611-8297-d1b8b55e40b5',
 'x_mitre_platforms': ['Linux', 'macOS'],
 'x_mitre_version': '1.1'}