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TA0002 · EXECUTION

XPC Services

T1559.003Sub-technique of Inter-Process CommunicationmacOSattack.mitre.org

Adversaries can provide malicious content to an XPC service daemon for local code execution.

Detect it with

No MITRE detection guidance published. Build coverage from the parent technique and your own telemetry.

Why it matters on shift

XPC Services is one of the concrete ways adversaries achieve execution. Recognising it in telemetry lets you name the technique in your ticket and pivot to what came before and after.

What to look for next

After execution, the next tactic is usually Persistence. Search your telemetry for the transition before closing the ticket.

Kill-chain context

← beforeInitial AccessExecutionafter →Persistence