{'created': '2017-12-14T16:46:06.044Z',
 'created_by_ref': 'identity--c78cb6e5-0c4b-4611-8297-d1b8b55e40b5',
 'description': 'During the boot process, macOS executes <code>source '
                '/etc/rc.common</code>, which is a shell script containing '
                'various utility functions. This file also defines routines '
                'for processing command-line arguments and for gathering '
                'system settings, and is thus recommended to include in the '
                'start of Startup Item Scripts (Citation: Startup Items). In '
                'macOS and OS X, this is now a deprecated technique in favor '
                'of launch agents and launch daemons, but is currently still '
                'used.\n'
                '\n'
                'Adversaries can use the rc.common file as a way to hide code '
                'for persistence that will execute on each reboot as the root '
                'user (Citation: Methods of Mac Malware Persistence).',
 'external_references': [{'external_id': 'T1163',
                          'source_name': 'mitre-attack',
                          'url': 'https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1163'},
                         {'description': 'Apple. (2016, September 13). Startup '
                                         'Items. Retrieved July 11, 2017.',
                          'source_name': 'Startup Items',
                          'url': 'https://developer.apple.com/library/content/documentation/MacOSX/Conceptual/BPSystemStartup/Chapters/StartupItems.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'}],
 'id': 'attack-pattern--18d4ab39-12ed-4a16-9fdb-ae311bba4a0f',
 'kill_chain_phases': [{'kill_chain_name': 'mitre-attack',
                        'phase_name': 'persistence'}],
 'modified': '2025-10-24T17:48:27.347Z',
 'name': 'Rc.common',
 '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'}