Permission Check Via Accesschk.EXE
Detects the usage of the "Accesschk" utility, an access and privilege audit tool developed by SysInternal and often being abused by attacker to verify process privileges
Detection logic
Detection requirements
- Platform
- LinuxmacOSWindows
The rule states no platform. This is derived from the ATT&CK technique it maps to.
- Log source product
- windows
- Log source category
- process_creation
Known benign triggers
- System administrator Usage
MITRE ATT&CK mappings
0 exclusive techniques.This is coverage no other published rule has; it is not this rule's total technique count.
References
| Reference | Cited by |
|---|---|
| github.com/carlospolop/PEASS-ng/blob/fa0f2e17fbc1d86f1fd66338a40e665e7182501d/winPEAS/winPEASbat/winPEAS.bat | 2 |
| github.com/gladiatx0r/Powerless/blob/04f553bbc0c65baf4e57344deff84e3f016e6b51/Powerless.bat | Only this detection cites it |
| speakerdeck.com/heirhabarov/hunting-for-privilege-escalation-in-windows-environment?slide=43 | Only this detection cites it |
| www.youtube.com/watch?v=JGs-aKf2OtU&ab_channel=OFFZONEMOSCOW | Only this detection cites it |
From the source
- At source
- Open at source
- Upstream identifier
- c625d754-6a3d-4f65-9c9a-536aea960d37
- Tagged by the source as
- attack.discovery
Licence
- Published under
- Detection Rule License 1.1Read the licence
- Attribution
- Required
Authorship
- Written by
- Published
- Aug 26, 2026
- Version
- 1