New User Created Via Net.EXE
Identifies the creation of local users via the net.exe command.
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1title: New User Created Via Net.EXE
2id: cd219ff3-fa99-45d4-8380-a7d15116c6dc
3related:
4 - id: b9f0e6f5-09b4-4358-bae4-08408705bd5c
5 type: similar
6status: test
7description: Identifies the creation of local users via the net.exe command.
8references:
9 - https://eqllib.readthedocs.io/en/latest/analytics/014c3f51-89c6-40f1-ac9c-5688f26090ab.html
10 - https://github.com/redcanaryco/atomic-red-team/blob/f339e7da7d05f6057fdfcdd3742bfcf365fee2a9/atomics/T1136.001/T1136.001.md
11author: Endgame, JHasenbusch (adapted to Sigma for oscd.community)
12date: 2018-10-30
13modified: 2023-02-21
14tags:
15 - attack.persistence
16 - attack.t1136.001
17logsource:
18 category: process_creation
19 product: windows
20detection:
21 selection_img:
22 - Image|endswith:
23 - '\net.exe'
24 - '\net1.exe'
25 - OriginalFileName:
26 - 'net.exe'
27 - 'net1.exe'
28 selection_cli:
29 CommandLine|contains|all:
30 - 'user'
31 - 'add'
32 condition: all of selection_*
33falsepositives:
34 - Legitimate user creation.
35 - Better use event IDs for user creation rather than command line rules.
36level: medium
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