Standard User In High Privileged Group
Detect standard users login that are part of high privileged groups such as the Administrator group
Detection logic
Detection requirements
- Log source product
- windows
- Log source service
- lsa_server
Known benign triggers
- Standard domain users who are part of the administrator group. These users shouldn't have these right. But in the case where it's necessary. They should be filtered out using the "TargetUserName" field
MITRE ATT&CK mappings
Not mapped to ATT&CK.
References
| Reference | Cited by |
|---|---|
| github.com/nasbench/EVTX-ETW-Resources/blob/7a806a148b3d9d381193d4a80356016e6e8b1ee8/ETWProvidersManifests/Windows11/22H2/W11_22H2_Pro_20221220_22621.963/WEPExplorer/LsaSrv.xml | Only this detection cites it |
| learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-server/identity/ad-ds/manage/understand-security-identifiers | 2 |
| learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-server/security/credentials-protection-and-management/configuring-additional-lsa-protection | 2from 2 sources |
From the source
- At source
- Open at source
- Upstream identifier
- 7ac407cc-0f48-4328-aede-de1d2e6fef41
- Tagged by the source as
- attack.credential-accessattack.privilege-escalation
Licence
- Published under
- Detection Rule License 1.1Read the licence
- Attribution
- Required
Authorship
- Written by
- Published
- Aug 26, 2026
- Version
- 1