Sigma rule: Gpresult Display Group Policy Information
A detection rule from the SigmaHQ repository, shown as its author published it. Dataset version ref-106fab923aa3, updated 2022-05-01T00:00:00.000Z.
Rule
- Title
- Gpresult Display Group Policy Information
- Status
- test
- Level
- medium
- Author
- frack113
- Date
- 2022-05-01
- File
- rules/windows/process_creation/proc_creation_win_gpresult_execution.yml
- Commit
- ccbb0369507f796db0b0ae6854c8a2be471b9d84
Detects cases in which a user uses the built-in Windows utility gpresult to display the Resultant Set of Policy (RSoP) information
Log source
- product
- windows
- category
- process_creation
Detection
selection:
Image|endswith: '\gpresult.exe'
CommandLine|contains:
- '/z'
- '/v'
condition: selectionFalse positives (as the rule lists them)
- Unknown
Tags
- attack.discovery
- attack.t1615
MITRE ATT&CK ids this rule names
References
- https://github.com/redcanaryco/atomic-red-team/blob/f339e7da7d05f6057fdfcdd3742bfcf365fee2a9/atomics/T1615/T1615.md
- https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-server/administration/windows-commands/gpresult
- https://unit42.paloaltonetworks.com/emissary-trojan-changelog-did-operation-lotus-blossom-cause-it-to-evolve/
- https://www.welivesecurity.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/ESET_Turla_ComRAT.pdf
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_gpresult_execution.yml
Sources and licences
SigmaHQ
"Gpresult Display Group Policy Information" by frack113 (SigmaHQ). Rule: https://github.com/SigmaHQ/sigma/blob/ccbb0369507f796db0b0ae6854c8a2be471b9d84/rules/windows/process_creation/proc_creation_win_gpresult_execution.yml.
Licensed under the Detection Rule License (DRL) 1.1: https://github.com/SigmaHQ/Detection-Rule-License
Cite this page
Dragons Eye Ransomware Tracker, "Sigma rule: Gpresult Display Group Policy Information",
entity page, dataset version ref-106fab923aa3, updated 2022-05-01T00:00:00.000Z,
https://ransomware-tracker.com/detections/sigma/e56d3073-83ff-4021-90fe-c658e0709e72 (accessed 2026-11-03).
Underlying source: SigmaHQ rule e56d3073-83ff-4021-90fe-c658e0709e72, commit ccbb0369507f796db0b0ae6854c8a2be471b9d84.
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