Unusual Windows User Privilege Elevation Activityedit
A machine learning job detected an unusual user context switch, using the
runas
command or similar techniques, which can indicate account takeover or
privilege escalation using compromised accounts. Privilege elevation using
tools like runas
are more commonly used by domain and network administrators
than by regular Windows users.
Rule type: machine_learning
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Machine learning anomaly threshold: 50
Severity: low
Risk score: 21
Runs every: 15 minutes
Searches indices from: now-45m (Date Math format, see also Additional look-back time
)
Maximum signals per execution: 100
References:
Tags:
- Elastic
- ML
- Windows
Version: 1
Added (Elastic Stack release): 7.7.0
Potential false positivesedit
Uncommon user privilege elevation activity can be due to an administrator, help desk technician, or a user performing manual troubleshooting or reconfiguration.