Elastic Security Detection Rules

Sensitive Audit Policy Sub-Category Disabled

Last updated 9 days ago on 2025-01-22
Created 17 days ago on 2025-01-14

About

Identifies attempts to disable auditing for some security sensitive audit policy sub-categories. This is often done by attackers in an attempt to evade detection and forensics on a system.
Tags
Domain: EndpointOS: WindowsUse Case: Threat DetectionTactic: Defense EvasionData Source: SystemLanguage: kuery
Severity
medium
Risk Score
47
MITRE ATT&CK™

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

↳ Indicator Removal (T1070)(opens in a new tab or window)

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

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

Definition

Rule Type
Query (Kibana Query Language)
Integration Pack
Prebuilt Security Detection Rules
Index Patterns
winlogbeat-*logs-windows.forwarded*logs-system.security-*
Related Integrations

windows(opens in a new tab or window)

system(opens in a new tab or window)

Query
event.code : "4719" and host.os.type : "windows" and
  winlog.event_data.AuditPolicyChangesDescription : "Success removed" and
  winlog.event_data.SubCategory : (
     "Logon" or
     "Audit Policy Change" or
     "Process Creation" or
     "Audit Other System Events" or
     "Audit Security Group Management" or
     "Audit User Account Management"
  )

Install detection rules in Elastic Security

Detect Sensitive Audit Policy Sub-Category 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).