Whoami.EXE Execution From Privileged Process
Detects the execution of "whoami.exe" by privileged accounts that are often abused by threat actors
Detection logic
Detection requirements
- Platform
- LinuxmacOSNetwork DevicesWindows
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
- Unknown
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 |
|---|---|
| speakerdeck.com/heirhabarov/hunting-for-privilege-escalation-in-windows-environment | 7 |
| web.archive.org/web/20221019044836/https://nsudo.m2team.org/en-us/ | 2 |
From the source
- At source
- Open at source
- Upstream identifier
- 79ce34ca-af29-4d0e-b832-fc1b377020db
- Tagged by the source as
- attack.discoveryattack.privilege-escalation
Licence
- Published under
- Detection Rule License 1.1Read the licence
- Attribution
- Required
Authorship
- Published
- Aug 26, 2026
- Version
- 1