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Enumeration of Administrator Accountsedit
Identifies instances of lower privilege accounts enumerating Administrator accounts or groups using built-in Windows tools.
Rule type: eql
Rule indices:
- logs-endpoint.events.*
- winlogbeat-*
- logs-windows.*
Severity: low
Risk score: 21
Runs every: 5m
Searches indices from: now-9m (Date Math format, see also Additional look-back time)
Maximum alerts per execution: 100
References: None
Tags:
- Elastic
- Host
- Windows
- Threat Detection
- Discovery
Version: 4
Rule authors:
- Elastic
Rule license: Elastic License v2
Rule queryedit
process where event.type in ("start", "process_started") and
(((process.name : "net.exe" or process.pe.original_file_name == "net.exe") or
((process.name : "net1.exe" or process.pe.original_file_name == "net1.exe") and
not process.parent.name : "net.exe")) and
process.args : ("group", "user", "localgroup") and
process.args : ("admin", "Domain Admins", "Remote Desktop Users", "Enterprise Admins", "Organization Management") and
not process.args : "/add")
or
((process.name : "wmic.exe" or process.pe.original_file_name == "wmic.exe") and
process.args : ("group", "useraccount"))
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: Permission Groups Discovery
- ID: T1069
- Reference URL: https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1069/
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Sub-technique:
- Name: Domain Groups
- ID: T1069.002
- Reference URL: https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1069/002/
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Technique:
- Name: Account Discovery
- ID: T1087
- Reference URL: https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1087/