
title: Run Whoami as SYSTEM
author: Teymur Kheirkhabarov
date: 2019/10/23
description: Detects a whoami.exe executed by LOCAL SYSTEM. This may be a sign of
  a successful local privilege escalation.
detection:
  SELECTION_1:
    EventID: 1
  SELECTION_2:
    User:
    - NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM*
    - AUTORITE NT\Sys*
  SELECTION_3:
    Image: '*\whoami.exe'
  condition: (SELECTION_1 and SELECTION_2 and SELECTION_3)
falsepositives:
- Unknown
id: 80167ada-7a12-41ed-b8e9-aa47195c66a1
level: high
logsource:
  category: process_creation
  product: windows
modified: 2021/08/26
references:
- https://speakerdeck.com/heirhabarov/hunting-for-privilege-escalation-in-windows-environment
status: experimental
tags:
- attack.privilege_escalation
- attack.discovery
- attack.t1033
ruletype: SIGMA
