{'created': '2017-12-14T16:46:06.044Z',
 'created_by_ref': 'identity--c78cb6e5-0c4b-4611-8297-d1b8b55e40b5',
 'description': 'Per Apple’s developer documentation, when macOS and OS X boot '
                'up, launchd is run to finish system initialization. This '
                'process loads the parameters for each launch-on-demand '
                'system-level daemon from the property list (plist) files '
                'found in <code>/System/Library/LaunchDaemons</code> and '
                '<code>/Library/LaunchDaemons</code> (Citation: AppleDocs '
                'Launch Agent Daemons). These LaunchDaemons have property list '
                'files which point to the executables that will be launched '
                '(Citation: Methods of Mac Malware Persistence).\n'
                ' \n'
                'Adversaries may install a new launch daemon that can be '
                'configured to execute at startup by using launchd or '
                'launchctl to load a plist into the appropriate directories '
                '(Citation: OSX Malware Detection). The daemon name may be '
                'disguised by using a name from a related operating system or '
                'benign software  (Citation: WireLurker). Launch Daemons may '
                'be created with administrator privileges, but are executed '
                'under root privileges, so an adversary may also use a service '
                'to escalate privileges from administrator to root.\n'
                ' \n'
                'The plist file permissions must be root:wheel, but the script '
                'or program that it points to has no such requirement. So, it '
                'is possible for poor configurations to allow an adversary to '
                'modify a current Launch Daemon’s executable and gain '
                'persistence or Privilege Escalation.',
 'external_references': [{'external_id': 'T1160',
                          'source_name': 'mitre-attack',
                          'url': 'https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1160'},
                         {'description': 'Apple. (n.d.). Creating Launch '
                                         'Daemons and Agents. Retrieved July '
                                         '10, 2017.',
                          'source_name': 'AppleDocs Launch Agent Daemons',
                          'url': 'https://developer.apple.com/library/content/documentation/MacOSX/Conceptual/BPSystemStartup/Chapters/CreatingLaunchdJobs.html'},
                         {'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. (2016, February 29). '
                                         "Let's Play Doctor: Practical OS X "
                                         'Malware Detection & Analysis. '
                                         'Retrieved July 10, 2017.',
                          'source_name': 'OSX Malware Detection',
                          'url': 'https://www.synack.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/RSA_OSX_Malware.pdf'},
                         {'description': 'Claud Xiao. (n.d.). WireLurker: A '
                                         'New Era in iOS and OS X Malware. '
                                         'Retrieved July 10, 2017.',
                          'source_name': 'WireLurker',
                          'url': 'https://www.paloaltonetworks.com/content/dam/pan/en_US/assets/pdf/reports/Unit_42/unit42-wirelurker.pdf'}],
 'id': 'attack-pattern--e99ec083-abdd-48de-ad87-4dbf6f8ba2a4',
 'kill_chain_phases': [{'kill_chain_name': 'mitre-attack',
                        'phase_name': 'persistence'},
                       {'kill_chain_name': 'mitre-attack',
                        'phase_name': 'privilege-escalation'}],
 'modified': '2025-10-24T17:49:33.254Z',
 'name': 'Launch Daemon',
 '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': ['macOS'],
 'x_mitre_version': '1.1'}