Detectors
Every Cortex detection rule the toolbox knows about — analytics alerts, BIOCs and correlation rules — in one filterable set.
153 detectors match the current filters. tactic: TA0004 ✕
Download CSV| Type | Name | Severity | Module | Data source / event | ATT&CK |
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| Analytics BIOC | Owner was added to Azure application An Owner was added to an Azure application. | Informational | Cortex Cloud | Azure Audit Log, Microsoft Graph Logs | Privilege Escalation, Persistence |
| Analytics BIOC | PKINIT TGT authentication request A Kerberos TGT was requested using PKINIT. This may indicate an attack on Active Directory Certificate Services (AD CS), such as shadow credential exploitation or certificate-based authentication abuse. | Informational | Identity Analytics | Windows Event Collector, XDR Agent with eXtended Threat Hunting (XTH) | Lateral Movement, Privilege Escalation |
| Analytics BIOC | Possible DLL Hijack into a Microsoft process An unsigned DLL was loaded into a Microsoft signed process. This DLL name is usually signed by Microsoft, which might indicate an attacker performing DLL Hijacking. | Informational | Platform Analytics | XDR Agent | Persistence, Privilege Escalation, Defense Evasion |
| Analytics BIOC | Possible DLL Search Order Hijacking An attacker might abuse the Windows DLL search order to trigger known, signed processes to load the attacker's malicious module. | Low | Platform Analytics | XDR Agent | Persistence, Privilege Escalation, Defense Evasion |
| Analytics BIOC | Possible Kerberos relay attack A suspicious local network login was observed, which might indicate on Kerberos relay attack. This attack can lead to privilege escalation by obtaining system privileges on the target. | Low | Platform Analytics | Windows Event Collector, XDR Agent | Privilege Escalation |
| Analytics | Possible Privilege Escalation using Delegated MSA account An attacker might abuse dMSA account to escalate its privileges. | Informational | Identity Analytics | Windows Event Collector, XDR Agent with eXtended Threat Hunting (XTH) | Privilege Escalation |
| BIOC | Possible UAC bypass via Event Viewer Eventvwr.exe normally only spawns mmc.exe. Attackers may use it for bypassing UAC (User Account Control) by having it spawn a different process. | Medium | Platform Analytics | Process execution | Privilege Escalation |
| Analytics BIOC | Privileged certificate request via certificate template A privileged certificate was requested via certificate template. | Informational | Identity Analytics | Windows Event Collector, XDR Agent with eXtended Threat Hunting (XTH) | Privilege Escalation |
| Analytics BIOC | Privileged role used by Azure application An Azure application with high-level API permissions invoked a request to the Microsoft Graph API. | Low | Cortex Cloud | Azure Audit Log, Microsoft Graph Logs | Privilege Escalation |
| BIOC | PsExec runs with System privileges PsExec.exe is a Windows administrative tool, it can be used to elevate privileges and run other processes with NT/System privilege level. | Informational | Platform Analytics | Process execution | Privilege Escalation |
| Analytics BIOC | PsExec was executed with a suspicious command line PsExec.exe was executed. | Informational | Platform Analytics | XDR Agent | Execution, Privilege Escalation |
| BIOC | Security Support Provider (SSP) registered via a registry key Security Support Provider (SSP) exposes a number of callbacks to be invoked during certain authentication and authorization events. An attacker may register SSP to try and gain access to clear text passwords. | Informational | Platform Analytics | Registry | Privilege Escalation |
| Analytics BIOC | Service ticket request with a spoofed sAMAccountName A Kerberos service ticket (ST) was requested for an account with a spoofed sAMAccountName. | Medium | Identity Analytics | Windows Event Collector, XDR Agent with eXtended Threat Hunting (XTH) | Privilege Escalation, Persistence |
| Analytics BIOC | Setuid and Setgid file bit manipulation The setuid or setgid bits were set on a file. | Low | Platform Analytics | XDR Agent | Privilege Escalation, Defense Evasion |
| BIOC | Setuid on file Setting user identification on an executable file causes it to run with the privileges of the owning user. | Informational | Platform Analytics | Process execution | Privilege Escalation |
| BIOC | Shim database file access An attacker may install a malicious SDB (shim database) file on disk for privilege escalation and persistence. | Informational | Platform Analytics | File | Persistence, Privilege Escalation |
| Analytics BIOC | SPNs cleared from a machine account Service principal names were cleared from a machine account. | Low | Identity Analytics | Windows Event Collector, XDR Agent with eXtended Threat Hunting (XTH) | Privilege Escalation, Persistence |
| Analytics | Sudoedit Brute force attempt An unusual amount of sudoedit commands executed in a short period of time. This may indicate an attempt to exploit CVE-2021-3156. | Medium | Platform Analytics | XDR Agent | Privilege Escalation |
| BIOC | Sudoers discovery Attackers may enumerate the sudoers file or use the 'sudo -l' command to discover user privileges. | Informational | Platform Analytics | Process execution | Discovery, Privilege Escalation |
| Analytics BIOC | Suspicious account attribute modification that matches that of another account Suspicious account attribute modification that matches that of another account. | Low | Identity Analytics | Windows Event Collector, XDR Agent with eXtended Threat Hunting (XTH) | Privilege Escalation, Persistence |
| Analytics BIOC | Suspicious container orchestration job A suspicious orchestration job ran with a rare command line. | Low | Platform Analytics | XDR Agent | Execution, Persistence, Privilege Escalation |
| Analytics BIOC | Suspicious dNSHostName attribute change to DC name The dNSHostName attribute of a machine account was changed to a Domain Controller server name. | Medium | Identity Analytics | Windows Event Collector, XDR Agent with eXtended Threat Hunting (XTH) | Privilege Escalation, Persistence |
| BIOC | Suspicious printer driver installation A suspicious process installed a generic printer driver. This may be a sign of CVE-2020-1048, in which an attacker attempts to overwrite a file on the OS. | Low | Platform Analytics | Registry | Privilege Escalation, Persistence |
| BIOC | Suspicious printer port creation via Registry An attacker may create a print job that prints to a file, overwriting any file on the OS (CVE-2020-1048). | Medium | Platform Analytics | Registry | Privilege Escalation, Persistence |
| Analytics BIOC | Suspicious process executed with a high integrity level A suspicious process was spawned with a High or System integrity level, which is higher than its parent process. This may indicate malicious privilege escalation. | Informational | Platform Analytics | XDR Agent | Privilege Escalation |
| Analytics BIOC | Suspicious process execution in a privileged container A process was executed in a privileged Kubernetes Pod for the first time in the past 30 days. | Informational | Platform Analytics | XDR Agent | Execution, Privilege Escalation |
| Analytics BIOC | Suspicious process modified RC script file A suspicious process modified an RC script file. These files allow system administrators to map and start custom services at startup for different run levels. This may be done to establish persistence. | Low | Platform Analytics | XDR Agent with eXtended Threat Hunting (XTH) | Persistence, Privilege Escalation |
| Analytics BIOC | Suspicious sAMAccountName change The name of a machine account was changed to a sAMAccountName with a missing trailing dollar sign. | Low | Identity Analytics | Windows Event Collector, XDR Agent with eXtended Threat Hunting (XTH) | Privilege Escalation, Persistence |
| Analytics BIOC | Suspicious systemd timer activity Suspicious systemd timer activity, which may indicate an attempt to establish persistence. | Low | Platform Analytics | XDR Agent | Execution, Persistence, Privilege Escalation |
| Analytics BIOC | Suspicious Udev driver rule execution manipulation Udev driver rule was modified with unusual pattern, might be used by adversaries to backdoor existing drivers. | Low | Platform Analytics | XDR Agent with eXtended Threat Hunting (XTH) | Persistence, Privilege Escalation |
| Analytics BIOC | TGT request with a spoofed sAMAccountName - Event log A Kerberos authentication ticket (TGT) was requested for an account with a spoofed sAMAccountName. | Medium | Identity Analytics | Windows Event Collector, XDR Agent with eXtended Threat Hunting (XTH) | Privilege Escalation, Persistence |
| Analytics BIOC | TGT request with a spoofed sAMAccountName - Network A Kerberos authentication ticket (TGT) was requested for an account with a spoofed sAMAccountName. | Medium | Identity Analytics | XDR Agent | Privilege Escalation, Persistence |
| Analytics BIOC | The CA policy EditFlags was queried The CA policy EditFlags was queried. | Medium | Platform Analytics | XDR Agent | Privilege Escalation |
| BIOC | UAC bypass using the changepk.exe Registry key Attackers may use the changepk.exe built-in Windows tool to bypass Windows UAC by modifying Registry keys. | Medium | Platform Analytics | Registry | Privilege Escalation |
| Analytics BIOC | Uncommon DLL-sideloading from a logical CD-ROM (ISO) device A DLL was loaded by an executable from the same folder on a logical CD-ROM device (ISO). | Medium | Platform Analytics | XDR Agent | Execution, Defense Evasion, Privilege Escalation |
| Analytics BIOC | Uncommon NtWriteVirtualMemoryRemote API invocation with a PE header buffer A process wrote a PE header to another process by calling the NtWriteVirtualMemoryRemote API function. | Low | Platform Analytics | XDR Agent with eXtended Threat Hunting (XTH) | Defense Evasion, Privilege Escalation |
| Analytics BIOC | Uncommon Security Support Provider (SSP) registered via a registry key Security Support Provider (SSP) exposes a number of callbacks to be invoked during certain authentication and authorization events. An attacker may register SSP to try and gain access to clear text passwords. | Low | Platform Analytics | XDR Agent with eXtended Threat Hunting (XTH) | Privilege Escalation |
| Analytics BIOC | Unknown DLL was added to the AD FS Global Assembly Cache path A new and unknown DLL was created within the Active Directory Federation Services (AD FS) Global Assembly Cache (GAC). Attackers may manipulate IdentityServer adapters to achieve persistence or execute malicious code within the AD FS environment. | Informational | Identity Analytics | XDR Agent with eXtended Threat Hunting (XTH) | Persistence, Privilege Escalation |
| Analytics BIOC | Unsigned DLL Hijack into a Microsoft process An unsigned DLL was loaded into a Microsoft signed process. It is not common for the DLL to be loaded into Microsoft processes, which might indicate an attacker performing DLL Hijacking. | Informational | Platform Analytics | XDR Agent | Persistence, Privilege Escalation, Defense Evasion |
| Analytics BIOC | Unsigned DLL Side-Loading A signed process loaded an unsigned and rare module from the same folder. | Informational | Platform Analytics | XDR Agent | Persistence, Privilege Escalation, Defense Evasion |
| BIOC | Unsigned integer Sudo privilege escalation Fixed in CVE-2019-14287, this known command line is used to exploit a bug in sudo to gain root privileges. | Medium | Platform Analytics | Process execution | Privilege Escalation |
| Analytics BIOC | Unsigned process injecting into a Windows system binary with no command line An attacker may be trying to avoid detection by injecting their malicious code into a legitimate Windows system binary. | Medium | Platform Analytics | XDR Agent | Defense Evasion, Privilege Escalation |
| Analytics BIOC | Unusual cloud identity impersonation A cloud identity attempted to impersonate another identity for the first time. | Informational | Cortex Cloud | AWS Audit Log, Gcp Audit Log | Privilege Escalation, Defense Evasion, Initial Access |
| Analytics BIOC | Unusual Identity and Access Management (IAM) activity A cloud identity performed an unusual IAM operation. | Informational | Cortex Cloud | AWS Audit Log, Gcp Audit Log | Persistence, Privilege Escalation |
| BIOC | Unusual process spawned by changepk.exe Attackers may use the changepk.exe built-in Windows tool to bypass UAC using an unusual initiator. | Informational | Platform Analytics | Process execution | Privilege Escalation |
| Analytics BIOC | Unusual resource modification by newly seen IAM user A cloud resource was modified by a newly seen IAM user. | Informational | Cortex Cloud | AWS Audit Log, Azure Audit Log, Gcp Audit Log | Persistence, Privilege Escalation, Impact |
| Analytics BIOC | Unusual user-agent for a cloud identity A cloud identity has executed an API call with an unusual user-agent. | Informational | Cortex Cloud | AWS Audit Log, Azure Audit Log, Gcp Audit Log | Initial Access, Persistence, Privilege Escalation, Defense Evasion |
| Analytics BIOC | User added SID History to an account A user added SID history to an account. This may be indicative of a user's migration between domains or a SID injection attack. | Informational | Identity Analytics | Windows Event Collector, XDR Agent with eXtended Threat Hunting (XTH) | Privilege Escalation, Defense Evasion |
| Analytics | User added to a group and removed A user was added to an Active Directory group and removed within a short period of time, which may be a sign of compromise. | Informational | Identity Analytics | Windows Event Collector, XDR Agent with eXtended Threat Hunting (XTH) | Persistence, Privilege Escalation |
| Analytics | User added to the SMS Admins local group A user was added to the SMS Admins local group. This may indicate a potential attack targeting the Microsoft Configuration Manager infrastructure. | Low | Identity Analytics | Windows Event Collector, XDR Agent with eXtended Threat Hunting (XTH) | Persistence, Privilege Escalation |
| Analytics BIOC | Windows Installer exploitation for local privilege escalation The Windows installer (msiexec.exe) was likely exploited to run a malicious rollback script (.rbs file) instead of the original. Users should not be able to modify config.msi during the installation process, only SYSTEM should have access to it. | Medium | Platform Analytics | XDR Agent | Privilege Escalation |
| BIOC | WptsExtensions.dll created to disk The Task Scheduler service attempts to load the missing WptsExtensions.dll. As a result, the creation of this file may be indicative of DLL hijacking. | Medium | Platform Analytics | File | Privilege Escalation |
| BIOC | WSReset.exe UAC bypass Attackers may use WSReset.exe to bypass User Account Control (UAC). | Low | Platform Analytics | Process execution | Privilege Escalation |