Elastic Security Detection Rules

Local Account TokenFilter Policy Disabled

Last updated a month ago on 2025-07-03
Created 3 years ago on 2022-11-01

About

Identifies registry modification to the LocalAccountTokenFilterPolicy policy. If this value exists (which doesn't by default) and is set to 1, then remote connections from all local members of Administrators are granted full high-integrity tokens during negotiation.
Tags
Domain: EndpointOS: WindowsUse Case: Threat DetectionTactic: Defense EvasionTactic: Lateral MovementData Source: Elastic EndgameData Source: Elastic DefendData Source: SysmonData Source: SentinelOneData Source: Microsoft Defender for EndpointLanguage: eql
Severity
medium
Risk Score
47
MITRE ATT&CK™

Defense Evasion (TA0005)(opens in a new tab or window)

↳ Modify Registry (T1112)(opens in a new tab or window)

↳ Impair Defenses (T1562)(opens in a new tab or window)

Lateral Movement (TA0008)(opens in a new tab or window)

↳ Use Alternate Authentication Material (T1550)(opens in a new tab or window)

License
Elastic License v2(opens in a new tab or window)

Definition

Rule Type
Event Correlation Rule
Integration Pack
Prebuilt Security Detection Rules
Index Patterns
winlogbeat-*logs-endpoint.events.registry-*logs-windows.sysmon_operational-*endgame-*logs-sentinel_one_cloud_funnel.*logs-m365_defender.event-*
Related Integrations

endpoint(opens in a new tab or window)

windows(opens in a new tab or window)

sentinel_one_cloud_funnel(opens in a new tab or window)

m365_defender(opens in a new tab or window)

Query
registry where host.os.type == "windows" and event.type == "change" and
  registry.value : "LocalAccountTokenFilterPolicy" and
  registry.path : (
    "HKLM\\*\\LocalAccountTokenFilterPolicy",
    "\\REGISTRY\\MACHINE\\*\\LocalAccountTokenFilterPolicy",
    "MACHINE\\*\\LocalAccountTokenFilterPolicy"
  ) and registry.data.strings : ("1", "0x00000001") and
  not process.executable : (
    /* Intune */
    "C:\\Windows\\system32\\deviceenroller.exe",
    "C:\\Windows\\system32\\omadmclient.exe"
  )

Install detection rules in Elastic Security

Detect Local Account TokenFilter Policy Disabled in the Elastic Security detection engine by installing this rule into your Elastic Stack.

To setup this rule, check out the installation guide for Prebuilt Security Detection Rules(opens in a new tab or window).