[metadata] creation_date = "2023/01/17" integration = ["windows", "endpoint"] maturity = "production" min_stack_comments = "New fields added: required_fields, related_integrations, setup" min_stack_version = "8.3.0" updated_date = "2023/02/22" [rule] author = ["Elastic"] description = """ Detects the usage of commonly used system time discovery techniques, which attackers may use during the reconnaissance phase after compromising a system. """ from = "now-9m" index = ["winlogbeat-*", "logs-endpoint.events.*", "logs-windows.*", "endgame-*"] language = "eql" license = "Elastic License v2" name = "System Time Discovery" risk_score = 21 rule_id = "06568a02-af29-4f20-929c-f3af281e41aa" severity = "low" tags = ["Elastic", "Host", "Windows", "Threat Detection", "Discovery", "Elastic Endgame"] timestamp_override = "event.ingested" type = "eql" query = ''' process where host.os.type == "windows" and event.type == "start" and ( ((process.name: "net.exe" or (process.name : "net1.exe" and not process.parent.name : "net.exe")) and process.args : "time") or (process.name: "w32tm.exe" and process.args: "/tz") or (process.name: "tzutil.exe" and process.args: "/g") ) and not user.id : "S-1-5-18" ''' [[rule.threat]] framework = "MITRE ATT&CK" [[rule.threat.technique]] id = "T1124" name = "System Time Discovery" reference = "https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1124/" [rule.threat.tactic] id = "TA0007" name = "Discovery" reference = "https://attack.mitre.org/tactics/TA0007/"