Detection rules › Elastic
Account Password Reset Remotely
Identifies an attempt to reset a potentially privileged account password remotely. Adversaries may manipulate account passwords to maintain access or evade password duration policies and preserve compromised credentials.
MITRE ATT&CK coverage
| Tactic | Techniques |
|---|---|
| Persistence | T1098 Account Manipulation |
| Privilege Escalation | T1098 Account Manipulation |
| Impact | T1531 Account Access Removal |
Event coverage
| Provider | Event ID | Title |
|---|---|---|
| Security-Auditing | 4624 | An account was successfully logged on. |
| Security-Auditing | 4724 | An attempt was made to reset an account's password. |
Stages and Predicates
Stage 1: eql:authentication
not winlog.event_data.TargetUserName:"svc*" and event.action:"logged-in" and event.outcome:"success" and not source.ip:"127.0.0.1" and not source.ip:"::1" and winlog.logon.type:"Network"Stage 2: eql:iam
(winlog.event_data.TargetSid:"S-1-5-21-*-500" or winlog.event_data.TargetUserName:"Admin") and event.action:"reset-password"Exclusions
Top-level NOT(...) conjuncts — predicates this rule actively suppresses.
| Stage | Field | Kind | Excluded values |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | user | wildcard | svc*, PIM_*, _*_, *-*-*, *$ |
Indicators
Each row is a field, operator, and value that the rule matches. The corpus column counts how many other rules in the catalog look for the same combination: high numbers point to widely-used, community-vetted indicators. Blank or 1 shows that the indicator is specific to this rule.
| Field | Kind | Values |
|---|---|---|
event.action | eq |
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event.outcome | eq |
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source.ip | ne |
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winlog.event_data.TargetSid | wildcard |
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winlog.event_data.TargetUserName | wildcard |
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winlog.logon.type | wildcard |
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