Elastic Security Detection Rules

First Time Seen NewCredentials Logon Process

Last updated a month ago on 2025-06-24
Created 2 years ago on 2023-11-15

About

Identifies a new credentials logon type performed by an unusual process. This may indicate the existence of an access token forging capability that are often abused to bypass access control restrictions.
Tags
Domain: EndpointOS: WindowsUse Case: Threat DetectionTactic: Privilege EscalationData Source: Windows Security Event LogsLanguage: kuery
Severity
medium
Risk Score
47
MITRE ATT&CK™

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

↳ Access Token Manipulation (T1134)(opens in a new tab or window)

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

Definition

Rule Type
New Terms Rule
Integration Pack
Prebuilt Security Detection Rules
Index Patterns
winlogbeat-*logs-system.security*logs-windows.forwarded*
Related Integrations

system(opens in a new tab or window)

windows(opens in a new tab or window)

Query
event.category:"authentication" and host.os.type:"windows" and winlog.logon.type:"NewCredentials" and
    winlog.event_data.LogonProcessName:Advapi* and
    not winlog.event_data.SubjectUserName:*$ and
    not process.executable: (C\:\\Program*Files*\(x86\)\\*.exe or C\:\\Program*Files\\*.exe)

Install detection rules in Elastic Security

Detect First Time Seen NewCredentials Logon Process 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).