Attempt To Tamper the Audit Policy
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About the rule
Rule Type
Standard
Rule Description
Detects the use of auditpol binary to change audit policy configuration to impair the detection capability.
Severity
Critical
Rule Requirement
Criteria
Action1: actionname = "Process started" AND ((COMMANDLINE contains "/disable" OR COMMANDLINE contains "/clear" OR COMMANDLINE contains "/remove" OR COMMANDLINE contains "/restore") AND (PROCESSNAME endswith "auditpol.exe" OR ORIGINALFILENAME contains "auditpol")) select Action1.HOSTNAME,Action1.MESSAGE,Action1.COMMANDLINE,Action1.FILE_NAME,Action1.PROCESSNAME,Action1.USERNAME,Action1.PARENTPROCESSNAME
Detection
Execution Mode
realtime
Log Sources
Windows
