Analytics BIOC Informational
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Local user enumeration via SAMR

A user enumerated local users via SAMR.

Module:
Platform Analytics
Data source:
XDR Agent with eXtended Threat Hunting (XTH)
ATT&CK tactics: Discovery (TA0007)
ATT&CK techniques: Account Discovery: Local Account (T1087.001)
Attacker's goals:

An adversary may leverage local user discovery to identify privileged users and escalate privileges.

Investigative actions:

Determine the user, hostname, and process that performed the user enumeration. Inspect process, command-line arguments or scripts used. Check for any privilege escalation or lateral movement attempts from the source system. Check if the tool used to enumerate the local users is a known or an approved tool. Review the logs for suspicious activity from the same host or user.

Test period:
N/A (single event)
Deduplication:
1 Day
1 variation:
  • Local user enumeration via SAMR on an internet facing server Low (parent: Informational)