Elastic Security Detection Rules

User or Group Creation/Modification

Last updated 7 months ago on 2025-01-24
Created a year ago on 2024-06-20

About

This rule leverages the `auditd_manager` integration to detect user or group creation or modification events on Linux systems. Threat actors may attempt to create or modify users or groups to establish persistence on the system.
Tags
Domain: EndpointOS: LinuxUse Case: Threat DetectionTactic: PersistenceData Source: Auditd ManagerLanguage: eql
Severity
low
Risk Score
21
MITRE ATT&CK™

Persistence (TA0003)(opens in a new tab or window)

↳ Create Account (T1136)(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
auditbeat-*logs-auditd_manager.auditd-*
Related Integrations

auditd_manager(opens in a new tab or window)

Query
iam where host.os.type == "linux" and event.type in ("creation", "change") and auditd.result == "success" and
event.action in ("changed-password", "added-user-account", "added-group-account-to") and process.name != null

Install detection rules in Elastic Security

Detect User or Group Creation/Modification 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).