Detection rules › Sigma
Whoami.EXE Execution From Privileged Process
Detects the execution of "whoami.exe" by privileged accounts that are often abused by threat actors
MITRE ATT&CK coverage
| Tactic | Techniques |
|---|---|
| Discovery | T1033 System Owner/User Discovery |
Event coverage
| Provider | Event ID | Title |
|---|---|---|
| Sysmon | 1 | Process creation |
Stages and Predicates
Stage 1: all of selection_img
or:
Image|endswith: '\whoami.exe'
OriginalFileName: whoami.exe
Stage 2: all of selection_user
or:
User|contains: AUTHORI
User|contains: AUTORI
User|contains: TrustedInstaller
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 |
|---|---|---|
Image | ends_with |
|
OriginalFileName | eq |
|
User | match |
|