T1149EnterpriseDeprecated
LC_MAIN Hijacking
**This technique has been deprecated and should no longer be used.** As of OS X 10.8, mach-O binaries introduced a new header called LC_MAIN that points to the binary’s entry point for execution. Previously, there were two headers to achieve this same effect: LC_THREAD and LC_UNIXTHREAD. The entry point for a binary can be hijacked so that initial execution flows to a malicious addition (either another section or a code cave) and then goes back to the initial entry point so that the victim doesn’t know anything was different. By modifying a binary in this way, application whitelisting can be bypassed because the file name or application path is still the same.
Tactics
Stealth
Platforms
macOS
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