Whoami Process Activityedit
Identifies use of whoami.exe which displays user, group, and privileges
information for the user who is currently logged on to the local system.
Rule type: query
Rule indices:
- winlogbeat-*
- logs-endpoint.events.*
Severity: low
Risk score: 21
Runs every: 5 minutes
Searches indices from: now-6m (Date Math format, see also Additional look-back time)
Maximum alerts per execution: 100
Tags:
- Elastic
- Host
- Windows
- Threat Detection
- Discovery
Version: 4 (version history)
Added (Elastic Stack release): 7.6.0
Last modified (Elastic Stack release): 7.10.0
Rule authors: Elastic
Rule license: Elastic License
Potential false positivesedit
Some normal use of this program, at varying levels of frequency, may originate from scripts, automation tools and frameworks. Usage by non-engineers and ordinary users is unusual.
Rule queryedit
event.category:process and event.type:(start or process_started) and process.name:whoami.exe
Threat mappingedit
Framework: MITRE ATT&CKTM
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Tactic:
- Name: Discovery
- ID: TA0007
- Reference URL: https://attack.mitre.org/tactics/TA0007/
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Technique:
- Name: System Owner/User Discovery
- ID: T1033
- Reference URL: https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1033/
Rule version historyedit
- Version 4 (7.10.0 release)
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Updated query, changed from:
process.name:whoami.exe and event.code:1
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- Version 3 (7.9.0 release)
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- Formatting only
- Version 2 (7.7.0 release)
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- Formatting only