Local System Accounts Discovery - Linux

Detects enumeration of local system accounts. This information can help adversaries determine which local accounts exist on a system to aid in follow-on behavior.

Detection logic

Detection requirements

Platform: ESXi Linux macOS Windows
The rule states no platform. This is derived from the ATT&CK technique it maps to.
Log source product: linux
Log source category: process_creation

Known benign triggers

Legitimate administration activities

References

Links the source published beside this detection. Reference is the link the source wrote, unmodified. Class is decided by this catalogue from the host and path, not stated by the source. Cited by counts published detections citing the same resource, including this one, and the sources beneath it count the repositories this catalogue ingests, which is not the same as independent research.
Reference	Class	Cited by
github.com/redcanaryco/atomic-red-team/blob/f339e7da7d05f6057fdfcdd3742bfcf365fee2a9/atomics/T1087.001/T1087.001.md	Detection test	2
man.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?pwd_mkdb	Unclassified	Only this detection cites it
my.f5.com/manage/s/article/K589	Unclassified	Only this detection cites it

Detection rules

Local System Accounts Discovery - Linux

Detection logic

Detection requirements

Known benign triggers

MITRE ATT&CK mappings

References

From the source

Licence

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Detection rules