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Windows Escalation Behavior

Date: 2023-11-30 ID: eb8bda82-5e06-4d02-983c-dde9a445661c Author: Steven Dick Environment: attack_range Directory: windows_escalation_behavior

Description

Detection of common behaviors seen during process escalation/elevation.

MITRE ATT&CK Techniques

ID Technique Tactic
T1068 Exploitation for Privilege Escalation Privilege Escalation

Environment Details

Field Value
Environment attack_range
Directory windows_escalation_behavior
Test Date 2023-11-30

Datasets

The following datasets were collected during this attack simulation:

Windows_escalation_behavior_sysmon

  • Path: /datasets/attack_techniques/T1068/windows_escalation_behavior/windows_escalation_behavior_sysmon.log
  • Sourcetype: XmlWinEventLog
  • Source: XmlWinEventLog:Microsoft-Windows-Sysmon/Operational

The following detections in our security content repository use this attack data for testing:

Detection Name Type Source MITRE ATT&CK Analytic Story
Windows Privilege Escalation System Process Without System Parent TTP Endpoint T1068, T1548, T1134 Windows Privilege Escalation, BlackSuit Ransomware
Windows Privilege Escalation Suspicious Process Elevation TTP Endpoint T1068, T1548, T1134 Windows Privilege Escalation, BlackSuit Ransomware, GhostRedirector IIS Module and Rungan Backdoor
Windows Privilege Escalation User Process Spawn System Process TTP Endpoint T1068, T1548, T1134 Windows Privilege Escalation, Compromised Windows Host, BlackSuit Ransomware, GhostRedirector IIS Module and Rungan Backdoor

Usage Instructions

Replay with Splunk Attack Data

Replay attack data with replay.py from Splunk Attack Data.

1python replay.py --dataset /datasets/attack_techniques/T1068/windows_escalation_behavior/windows_escalation_behavior_sysmon.log --index attack_data

Manual Import

  1. Download the dataset files from the paths listed above
  2. Configure your Splunk instance with the appropriate sourcetypes
  3. Import the logs using the Splunk Add Data wizard

Related Content

Find more detections and analytics for this attack technique in our security content repository.

Source: GitHub | Version: 1.0