SQL SA Admin user enabled

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About the rule

Rule Type

Standard

Rule Description

Detects scenarios where an attacker enables the SA admin account on the SQL Server instance.

Severity

Trouble

Rule Requirement

Criteria

Action1: actionname = "MSSQL Operation" AND (ACTIONID = "LGEA" AND CLASSTYPE = "SL" AND OBJECTNAME = "sa") select Action1.USERNAME,Action1.MESSAGE,Action1.DOMAIN,Action1.HOSTNAME,Action1.STATEMENT,Action1.OBJECTNAME,Action1.SCHEMANAME,Action1.DATABASENAME,Action1.INSTANCENAME,Action1.CLASSTYPE,Action1.ACTIONID

Detection

Execution Mode

realtime

Log Sources

SQL Server