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User Account Creationedit
Identifies attempts to create new local users. This is sometimes done by attackers to increase access to a system or domain.
Rule type: eql
Rule indices:
- winlogbeat-*
- logs-endpoint.events.*
- logs-windows.*
Severity: low
Risk score: 21
Runs every: 5 minutes
Searches indices from: now-9m (Date Math format, see also Additional look-back time)
Maximum alerts per execution: 100
Tags:
- Elastic
- Host
- Windows
- Threat Detection
- Persistence
Version: 9 (version history)
Added (Elastic Stack release): 7.6.0
Last modified (Elastic Stack release): 7.16.0
Rule authors: Elastic
Rule license: Elastic License v2
Rule queryedit
process where event.type in ("start", "process_started") and
process.name : ("net.exe", "net1.exe") and not process.parent.name :
"net.exe" and (process.args : "user" and process.args : ("/ad",
"/add"))
Threat mappingedit
Framework: MITRE ATT&CKTM
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Tactic:
- Name: Persistence
- ID: TA0003
- Reference URL: https://attack.mitre.org/tactics/TA0003/
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Technique:
- Name: Create Account
- ID: T1136
- Reference URL: https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1136/
Rule version historyedit
- Version 9 (7.16.0 release)
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- Formatting only
- Version 8 (7.13.0 release)
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Updated query, changed from:
event.category:process and event.type:(start or process_started) and process.name:(net.exe or net1.exe) and not process.parent.name:net.exe and process.args:(user and (/ad or /add))
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- Version 7 (7.12.0 release)
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- Formatting only
- Version 6 (7.11.2 release)
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- Formatting only
- Version 5 (7.10.0 release)
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- Formatting only
- Version 4 (7.9.1 release)
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- Formatting only
- Version 3 (7.9.0 release)
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Updated query, changed from:
event.action:"Process Create (rule: ProcessCreate)" and process.name:(net.exe or net1.exe) and not process.parent.name:net.exe and process.args:(user and (/ad or /add))
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- Version 2 (7.7.0 release)
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Updated query, changed from:
event.action:"Process Create (rule: ProcessCreate)" and process.name:("net.exe" or "net1.exe") and not process.parent.name:"net.exe" and process.args:("user" and ("/add" or "/ad"))
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