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+[metadata]
+creation_date = "2020/11/23"
+maturity = "production"
+updated_date = "2020/11/23"
+
+[rule]
+author = ["Elastic"]
+description = """
+Identifies a privilege escalation attempt via named pipe impersonation. An adversary may abuse this technique by utilizing a framework such Metasploit's meterpreter getsystem command.
+"""
+index = ["winlogbeat-*", "logs-endpoint.events.*"]
+language = "eql"
+license = "Elastic License"
+name = "Privilege Escalation via Named Pipe Impersonation"
+references = ["https://www.ired.team/offensive-security/privilege-escalation/windows-namedpipes-privilege-escalation"]
+risk_score = 73
+rule_id = "3ecbdc9e-e4f2-43fa-8cca-63802125e582"
+severity = "high"
+tags = ["Elastic", "Host", "Windows", "Threat Detection", "Privilege Escalation"]
+type = "eql"
+
+query = '''
+process where event.type in ("start", "process_started") and
+ process.pe.original_file_name in ("Cmd.Exe", "PowerShell.EXE") and 
+ process.args : "echo" and process.args : ">" and process.args : "\\\\.\\pipe\\*"
+'''
+
+
+[[rule.threat]]
+framework = "MITRE ATT&CK"
+[[rule.threat.technique]]
+id = "T1134"
+name = "Access Token Manipulation"
+reference = "https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1134/"
+
+
+[rule.threat.tactic]
+id = "TA0004"
+name = "Privilege Escalation"
+reference = "https://attack.mitre.org/tactics/TA0004/"