Sigma rule: Group Policy Abuse for Privilege Addition

A detection rule from the SigmaHQ repository, shown as its author published it. Dataset version ref-fb603587f033, updated 2024-09-04T00:00:00.000Z.

Rule

Title
Group Policy Abuse for Privilege Addition
Status
test
Level
medium
Author
Elastic, Josh Nickels, Marius Rothenbücher
Date
2024-09-04
File
rules/windows/builtin/security/win_security_susp_group_policy_abuse_privilege_addition.yml
Commit
ccbb0369507f796db0b0ae6854c8a2be471b9d84

Detects the first occurrence of a modification to Group Policy Object Attributes to add privileges to user accounts or use them to add users as local admins.

Log source

product
windows
service
security
definition
Requirements: The "Audit Directory Service Changes" logging policy must be configured in order to receive events.

Detection

selection:
    EventID: 5136
    AttributeLDAPDisplayName: 'gPCMachineExtensionNames'
    AttributeValue|contains:
        - '827D319E-6EAC-11D2-A4EA-00C04F79F83A'
        - '803E14A0-B4FB-11D0-A0D0-00A0C90F574B'
condition: selection

False positives (as the rule lists them)

  • Users allowed to perform these modifications (user found in field SubjectUserName)

Tags

  • attack.privilege-escalation
  • attack.defense-impairment
  • attack.t1484.001

MITRE ATT&CK ids this rule names

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/builtin/security/win_security_susp_group_policy_abuse_privilege_addition.yml

Sources and licences

  • SigmaHQ

    "Group Policy Abuse for Privilege Addition" by Elastic, Josh Nickels, Marius Rothenbücher (SigmaHQ). Rule: https://github.com/SigmaHQ/sigma/blob/ccbb0369507f796db0b0ae6854c8a2be471b9d84/rules/windows/builtin/security/win_security_susp_group_policy_abuse_privilege_addition.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: Group Policy Abuse for Privilege Addition",
entity page, dataset version ref-fb603587f033, updated 2024-09-04T00:00:00.000Z,
https://ransomware-tracker.com/detections/sigma/1c480e10-7ee1-46d4-8ed2-85f9789e3ce4 (accessed 2026-11-03).
Underlying source: SigmaHQ rule 1c480e10-7ee1-46d4-8ed2-85f9789e3ce4, commit ccbb0369507f796db0b0ae6854c8a2be471b9d84.

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