
title: Run Whoami Showing Privileges
author: Florian Roth
date: 2021/05/05
description: Detects a whoami.exe executed with the /priv command line flag instructing
  the tool to show all current user privieleges. This is often used after a privilege
  escalation attempt.
detection:
  SELECTION_1:
    EventID: 1
  SELECTION_2:
    Image: '*\whoami.exe'
  SELECTION_3:
    CommandLine: '*/priv*'
  condition: (SELECTION_1 and SELECTION_2 and SELECTION_3)
falsepositives:
- Administrative activity (rare lookups on current privileges)
id: 97a80ec7-0e2f-4d05-9ef4-65760e634f6b
level: high
logsource:
  category: process_creation
  product: windows
references:
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-server/administration/windows-commands/whoami
status: experimental
tags:
- attack.privilege_escalation
- attack.discovery
- attack.t1033
ruletype: SIGMA
