Unusual Privilege Type assigned to a User

Last updated 6 months ago on 2025-07-02
Created 10 months ago on 2025-02-18

About

A machine learning job has identified a user leveraging an uncommon privilege type for privileged operations, indicating potential privileged access activity. This indicates that a user is performing operations requiring elevated privileges but is using a privilege type that is not typically seen in their baseline logs.
Tags
Use Case: Privileged Access DetectionRule Type: MLRule Type: Machine LearningTactic: Privilege Escalation
Severity
low
Risk Score
21
MITRE ATT&CK™

Privilege Escalation (TA0004)(external, opens in a new tab or window)

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

Definition

Rule Type
Machine Learning
Integration Pack
Prebuilt Security Detection Rules
Related Integrations

pad(external, opens in a new tab or window)

endpoint(external, opens in a new tab or window)

windows(external, opens in a new tab or window)

Query
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Install detection rules in Elastic Security

Detect Unusual Privilege Type assigned to a User 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(external, opens in a new tab or window).