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Detection Strategies DET0179 — Behavioral Detection of Permission Groups Discovery
DET0179

Behavioral Detection of Permission Groups Discovery

3 analytic(s) · 1 technique(s) detected

Analytics

3
AN0507 Analytic 0507
Windows

Detection of adversary enumeration of domain or local group memberships via native tools such as net.exe, PowerShell, or WMI. This activity may precede lateral movement or privilege escalation.

WinEventLog:Security EventCode=4688 WinEventLog:PowerShell EventCode=4103, 4104, 4105, 4106
[CommandLineRegex] Regex filters for matching suspicious group enumeration commands (e.g., 'net group', 'Get-ADGroupMember').
[TimeWindow] Time threshold for correlating group discovery with subsequent suspicious activity (e.g., lateral movement).
[UserContext] Whether the user performing discovery is in a sensitive group or running under unusual context (e.g., non-admin querying Domain Admins).
AN0508 Analytic 0508
Linux

Detection of group enumeration using commands like 'id', 'groups', or 'getent group', often followed by privilege escalation or SSH lateral movement.

auditd:SYSCALL execve
[CommandLine] Variations of enumeration commands tailored to different Linux distros (e.g., 'getent group', 'cut -d' in /etc/group parsing).
[TTYSession] TTY context or source terminal (remote shell vs local login) to reduce noise.
AN0509 Analytic 0509
macOS

Group membership checks via 'dscl', 'dscacheutil', or 'id', typically executed via terminal or automation scripts.

macos:unifiedlog process:launch
[CommandLine] Filters for suspicious execution of 'dscl . -read /Groups', etc.
[ParentProcess] Flag group enumeration from automation tools (e.g., LaunchAgents or suspicious apps).

Detected Techniques

1

Details

MITRE ID
DET0179
STIX ID
x-mitre-detection-strategy--685546e7-2ec3-4bfa-9109-86df9fb196ee
Analytics
3
Techniques Detected
1
By Tactic
Discovery
1
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