Analytics Alerts

Browse the Cortex analytics alert reference.

Severity
Detection module
Data source
  • Suspicious modification of the AdminSDHolder's ACL Low Identity Analytics

    A user modified the AdminSDHolder ACL, which may be an indication of a privilege escalation attack.

    Activation:
    14 Days
    Training:
    30 Days
    Test:
    N/A (single event)
    Deduplication:
    1 Day
    ATT&CK tactics: Persistence (TA0003)
    ATT&CK techniques: Account Manipulation (T1098)
    Required data: Windows Event Collector XDR Agent with eXtended Threat Hunting (XTH)
    Attacker's goals: Attackers attempt to obtain full control privileges and then move laterally.
    Investigative actions: Check if a new user was added to the AdminSDHolder object. Check if a suspicious user account was recently created. Check if a user was added to a privileged group (e.g. Domain Admins). Investigate any other potentially suspicious behavior from the compromised user. Search for actions that may trigger SDProp, such as modifying the registry or executing an LDAP query.