Sigma rule: Potentially Over Permissive Permissions Granted Using Dsacls.EXE

A detection rule from the SigmaHQ repository, shown as its author published it. Dataset version ref-f2e736ac283f, updated 2023-02-04T00:00:00.000Z.

Rule

Title: Potentially Over Permissive Permissions Granted Using Dsacls.EXE
Status: test
Level: medium
Author: Nasreddine Bencherchali (Nextron Systems)
Date: 2022-06-20
Modified: 2023-02-04
File: rules/windows/process_creation/proc_creation_win_dsacls_abuse_permissions.yml
Commit: ccbb0369507f796db0b0ae6854c8a2be471b9d84

Detects usage of Dsacls to grant over permissive permissions

Log source

product: windows
category: process_creation

Detection

selection_img:
    - Image|endswith: '\dsacls.exe'
    - OriginalFileName: "DSACLS.EXE"
selection_flag:
    CommandLine|contains: ' /G '
selection_permissions:
    CommandLine|contains: # Add more permissions as you see fit in your environment
        - 'GR'
        - 'GE'
        - 'GW'
        - 'GA'
        - 'WP'
        - 'WD'
condition: all of selection_*

False positives (as the rule lists them)

Legitimate administrators granting over permissive permissions to users

MITRE ATT&CK ids this rule names

T1218

References

Read on 2026-11-03T00:58:21.399Z under licence sigma-drl-1.1@d5f4c36a from https://github.com/SigmaHQ/sigma/blob/ccbb0369507f796db0b0ae6854c8a2be471b9d84/rules/windows/process_creation/proc_creation_win_dsacls_abuse_permissions.yml

Sources and licences

SigmaHQ
"Potentially Over Permissive Permissions Granted Using Dsacls.EXE" by Nasreddine Bencherchali (Nextron Systems) (SigmaHQ). Rule: https://github.com/SigmaHQ/sigma/blob/ccbb0369507f796db0b0ae6854c8a2be471b9d84/rules/windows/process_creation/proc_creation_win_dsacls_abuse_permissions.yml.
Licensed under the Detection Rule License (DRL) 1.1: https://github.com/SigmaHQ/Detection-Rule-License
Detection Rule License (DRL) 1.1

Cite this page

Dragons Eye Ransomware Tracker, "Sigma rule: Potentially Over Permissive Permissions Granted Using Dsacls.EXE",
entity page, dataset version ref-f2e736ac283f, updated 2023-02-04T00:00:00.000Z,
https://ransomware-tracker.com/detections/sigma/01c42d3c-242d-4655-85b2-34f1739632f7 (accessed 2026-11-03).
Underlying source: SigmaHQ rule 01c42d3c-242d-4655-85b2-34f1739632f7, commit ccbb0369507f796db0b0ae6854c8a2be471b9d84.

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