Suspicious modification of the AdminSDHolder's ACL

Cortex XDR Analytics Alert Reference by Alert name

Product
Cortex XDR
Last date published
2024-09-24
Category
Analytics Alert Reference
Order
Alert name

Synopsis

Activation Period

14 Days

Training Period

30 Days

Test Period

N/A (single event)

Deduplication Period

1 Day

Required Data

  • Requires one of the following data sources:
    • Windows Event Collector
      OR
    • XDR Agent with eXtended Threat Hunting (XTH)

Detection Modules

Identity Analytics

Detector Tags

ATT&CK Tactic

Persistence (TA0003)

ATT&CK Technique

Account Manipulation (T1098)

Severity

Low

Description

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

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.