Remote LSASS Process Access Through Windows Remote Management

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About the rule

Rule Type

Standard

Rule Description

Detects remote access to the LSASS process via WinRM. This could be a sign of credential dumping from tools like mimikatz.

Severity

Trouble

Rule Requirement

Criteria

Action1: actionname = "sa_process_accessed" AND (PROCESSNAME endswith "\lsass.exe" AND PARENTPROCESSNAME endswith ":\Windows\system32\wsmprovhost.exe") AND ACCESSRIGHT != "0x80000000" select Action1.HOSTNAME,Action1.MESSAGE,Action1.PROCESSNAME,Action1.PARENTPROCESSNAME,Action1.SRCUSER,Action1.TARGETUSER,Action1.CALLTRACE

Detection

Execution Mode

realtime

Log Sources

Windows

Author

Patryk Prauze - ING Tech