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SeDebugPrivilege Enabled by a Suspicious Process
editSeDebugPrivilege Enabled by a Suspicious Process
editIdentifies the creation of a process running as SYSTEM and impersonating a Windows core binary privileges. Adversaries may create a new process with a different token to escalate privileges and bypass access controls.
Rule type: eql
Rule indices:
- winlogbeat-*
- logs-windows.*
Severity: medium
Risk score: 47
Runs every: 5m
Searches indices from: now-9m (Date Math format, see also Additional look-back time
)
Maximum alerts per execution: 100
References:
Tags:
- Domain: Endpoint
- OS: Windows
- Use Case: Threat Detection
- Tactic: Privilege Escalation
Version: 5
Rule authors:
- Elastic
Rule license: Elastic License v2
Rule query
editany where host.os.type == "windows" and event.provider: "Microsoft-Windows-Security-Auditing" and event.action : "Token Right Adjusted Events" and winlog.event_data.EnabledPrivilegeList : "SeDebugPrivilege" and /* exclude processes with System Integrity */ not winlog.event_data.SubjectUserSid : ("S-1-5-18", "S-1-5-19", "S-1-5-20") and not winlog.event_data.ProcessName : ("?:\\Windows\\System32\\msiexec.exe", "?:\\Windows\\SysWOW64\\msiexec.exe", "?:\\Windows\\System32\\lsass.exe", "?:\\Windows\\WinSxS\\*", "?:\\Program Files\\*", "?:\\Program Files (x86)\\*", "?:\\Windows\\System32\\MRT.exe", "?:\\Windows\\System32\\cleanmgr.exe", "?:\\Windows\\System32\\taskhostw.exe", "?:\\Windows\\System32\\mmc.exe", "?:\\Users\\*\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\*-*\\DismHost.exe", "?:\\Windows\\System32\\auditpol.exe", "?:\\Windows\\System32\\wbem\\WmiPrvSe.exe", "?:\\Windows\\SysWOW64\\wbem\\WmiPrvSe.exe")
Framework: MITRE ATT&CKTM
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Tactic:
- Name: Privilege Escalation
- ID: TA0004
- Reference URL: https://attack.mitre.org/tactics/TA0004/
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Technique:
- Name: Access Token Manipulation
- ID: T1134
- Reference URL: https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1134/