Suspicious RunAs-Like Flag Combination
Detects suspicious command line flags that let the user set a target user and command as e.g. seen in PsExec-like tools
Detection logic
Detection requirements
- Log source product
- windows
- Log source category
- process_creation
Known benign triggers
- Unknown
MITRE ATT&CK mappings
Not mapped to ATT&CK.
References
| Reference | Cited by |
|---|---|
| www.trendmicro.com/en_us/research/22/k/hack-the-real-box-apt41-new-subgroup-earth-longzhi.html | Only this detection cites it |
From the source
- At source
- Open at source
- Upstream identifier
- 50d66fb0-03f8-4da0-8add-84e77d12a020
- Tagged by the source as
- attack.privilege-escalation
Licence
- Published under
- Detection Rule License 1.1Read the licence
- Attribution
- Required
Authorship
- Written by
- Published
- Aug 26, 2026
- Version
- 1