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hdiutil

hdiutil manipulates disk images such as DMG and ISO files. You can mount, unmount, create, resize and verify disk images. Including encrypted images.

Author: Mark Morowczynsk (@markmorow) Created: 2023-05-21

Paths

/usr/bin/hdiutil

Example Use Cases

Mount a malicious dmg file

Uses hdiutil to mount a malicious dmg file to the system.

hdiutil mount malicious.dmg

Mount a malicious dmg file

Uses hdiutil to mount a malicious dmg file to the system.

hdiutil attach malicious.dmg

Mount a malicious iso file

Uses hdiutil to mount a malicious iso file to the system.

hdiutil mount malicious.iso

Mount a malicious iso file

Uses hdiutil to mount a malicious iso file to the system.

hdiutil attach malicious.iso

Exfiltrate data in dmg file

Uses hdiutil to create a dmg file to store exfiltrate data

hdiutil create -volname "Volume Name" -srcfolder /path/to/folder -ov diskimage.dmg

Exfiltrate data in encrypted dmg file

Uses hdiutil to create a dmg file to store exfiltrate data

hdiutil create -encryption -stdinpass -volname "Volume Name" -srcfolder /path/to/folder -ov encrypteddiskimage.dmg

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