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Auditpol Tampering

Date: 2025-01-27 ID: f853dd76-9ea6-4957-b3c0-c2ca2517c35c Author: Nasreddine Bencherchali, Splunk Environment: attack_range Directory: auditpol_tampering

Description

This dataset contains Process Creation and policy change logs set logs from Windows Sysmon and Security, related to abuse of auditpol to change, remove and clear the audit policy.

MITRE ATT&CK Techniques

ID Technique Tactic
T1562.002 Disable Windows Event Logging Defense Evasion

Environment Details

Field Value
Environment attack_range
Directory auditpol_tampering
Test Date 2025-01-27

Datasets

The following datasets were collected during this attack simulation:

Auditpol_tampering_sysmon

  • Path: /datasets/attack_techniques/T1562.002/auditpol_tampering/auditpol_tampering_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 Audit Policy Auditing Option Disabled via Auditpol TTP Endpoint T1562.002 Windows Audit Policy Tampering
Windows Audit Policy Cleared via Auditpol TTP Endpoint T1562.002 Windows Audit Policy Tampering
Windows Global Object Access Audit List Cleared Via Auditpol TTP Endpoint T1562.002 Windows Audit Policy Tampering
Windows Audit Policy Restored via Auditpol Anomaly Endpoint T1562.002 Windows Audit Policy Tampering
Windows Audit Policy Excluded Category via Auditpol Anomaly Endpoint T1562.002 Windows Audit Policy Tampering
Windows Audit Policy Disabled via Legacy Auditpol Anomaly Endpoint T1562.002 Windows Audit Policy Tampering
Windows Audit Policy Security Descriptor Tampering via Auditpol Anomaly Endpoint T1562.002 Windows Audit Policy Tampering
Windows Audit Policy Auditing Option Modified - Registry Anomaly Endpoint T1547.014 Windows Audit Policy Tampering
Windows Audit Policy Disabled via Auditpol Anomaly Endpoint T1562.002 Windows Audit Policy Tampering
Windows Important Audit Policy Disabled TTP Endpoint T1562.001 Windows Audit Policy Tampering

Usage Instructions

Replay with Splunk Attack Data

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

1python replay.py --dataset /datasets/attack_techniques/T1562.002/auditpol_tampering/auditpol_tampering_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