Local Account TokenFilter Policy Disabled
editLocal Account TokenFilter Policy Disabled
editIdentifies registry modification to the LocalAccountTokenFilterPolicy policy. If this value exists (which doesn’t by default) and is set to 1, then remote connections from all local members of Administrators are granted full high-integrity tokens during negotiation.
Rule type: eql
Rule indices:
- winlogbeat-*
- logs-endpoint.events.*
- logs-windows.*
- endgame-*
Severity: medium
Risk score: 47
Runs every: 5m
Searches indices from: now-9m (Date Math format, see also Additional look-back time)
Maximum alerts per execution: 100
References:
Tags:
- Elastic
- Host
- Windows
- Threat Detection
- Defense Evasion
- Privilege Escalation
- Elastic Endgame
Version: 2
Rule authors:
- Elastic
Rule license: Elastic License v2
Rule query
editregistry where registry.path : (
"HKLM\\*\\LocalAccountTokenFilterPolicy",
"\\REGISTRY\\MACHINE\\*\\LocalAccountTokenFilterPolicy") and
registry.data.strings : ("1", "0x00000001")
Framework: MITRE ATT&CKTM
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Tactic:
- Name: Defense Evasion
- ID: TA0005
- Reference URL: https://attack.mitre.org/tactics/TA0005/
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Technique:
- Name: Modify Registry
- ID: T1112
- Reference URL: https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1112/
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Tactic:
- Name: Privilege Escalation
- ID: TA0004
- Reference URL: https://attack.mitre.org/tactics/TA0004/
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Technique:
- Name: Valid Accounts
- ID: T1078
- Reference URL: https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1078/
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Sub-technique:
- Name: Local Accounts
- ID: T1078.003
- Reference URL: https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1078/003/