{'created': '2020-01-24T18:15:06.641Z',
 'created_by_ref': 'identity--c78cb6e5-0c4b-4611-8297-d1b8b55e40b5',
 'description': 'Adversaries may modify plist files to automatically run an '
                'application when a user logs in. When a user logs out or '
                'restarts via the macOS Graphical User Interface (GUI), a '
                'prompt is provided to the user with a checkbox to "Reopen '
                'windows when logging back in".(Citation: Re-Open windows on '
                'Mac) When selected, all applications currently open are added '
                'to a property list file named '
                '<code>com.apple.loginwindow.[UUID].plist</code> within the '
                '<code>~/Library/Preferences/ByHost</code> '
                'directory.(Citation: Methods of Mac Malware '
                'Persistence)(Citation: Wardle Persistence Chapter) '
                'Applications listed in this file are automatically reopened '
                'upon the user’s next logon.\n'
                '\n'
                'Adversaries can establish '
                '[Persistence](https://attack.mitre.org/tactics/TA0003) by '
                'adding a malicious application path to the '
                '<code>com.apple.loginwindow.[UUID].plist</code> file to '
                'execute payloads when a user logs in.',
 'external_references': [{'external_id': 'T1547.007',
                          'source_name': 'mitre-attack',
                          'url': 'https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1547/007'},
                         {'description': 'Apple. (2016, December 6). '
                                         'Automatically re-open windows, apps, '
                                         'and documents on your Mac. Retrieved '
                                         'July 11, 2017.',
                          'source_name': 'Re-Open windows on Mac',
                          'url': 'https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT204005'},
                         {'description': 'Patrick Wardle. (2014, September). '
                                         'Methods of Malware Persistence on '
                                         'Mac OS X. Retrieved July 5, 2017.',
                          'source_name': 'Methods of Mac Malware Persistence',
                          'url': 'https://www.virusbulletin.com/uploads/pdf/conference/vb2014/VB2014-Wardle.pdf'},
                         {'description': 'Patrick Wardle. (n.d.). Chapter 0x2: '
                                         'Persistence. Retrieved April 13, '
                                         '2022.',
                          'source_name': 'Wardle Persistence Chapter',
                          'url': 'https://taomm.org/PDFs/vol1/CH%200x02%20Persistence.pdf'}],
 'id': 'attack-pattern--e5cc9e7a-e61a-46a1-b869-55fb6eab058e',
 'kill_chain_phases': [{'kill_chain_name': 'mitre-attack',
                        'phase_name': 'persistence'},
                       {'kill_chain_name': 'mitre-attack',
                        'phase_name': 'privilege-escalation'}],
 'modified': '2025-10-24T17:49:32.375Z',
 'name': 'Re-opened Applications',
 'object_marking_refs': ['marking-definition--fa42a846-8d90-4e51-bc29-71d5b4802168'],
 'revoked': False,
 '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': True,
 'x_mitre_modified_by_ref': 'identity--c78cb6e5-0c4b-4611-8297-d1b8b55e40b5',
 'x_mitre_platforms': ['macOS'],
 'x_mitre_version': '1.2'}