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Possible Privilege Escalation To LOCAL SYSTEM (via process_creation)

This rule detects unknown program using commandline flags usually used by tools such as PsExec and PAExec to start programs with SYSTEM Privileges

SigmahighWindowsv1
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Known false positives

  • Unknown

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