Suspicious Recursive Takeown (via process_creation)

title: Suspicious Recursive Takeown (via process_creation)
id: 4789aeaa-0366-5086-9a5f-693bf4694fed
status: stable
description: This rule detects threat actors can interact with the DACLs using built-in Windows commands takeown which can grant threat actors higher permissions on specific files and folders
references:
    - https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1222/001/
    - https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-server/administration/windows-commands/takeown
    - https://github.com/redcanaryco/atomic-red-team/blob/f339e7da7d05f6057fdfcdd3742bfcf365fee2a9/atomics/T1222.001/T1222.001.md#atomic-test-1---take-ownership-using-takeown-utility
author: Huntrule Team
date: 2026-05-26
tags:
    - attack.defense-impairment
    - attack.t1222.001
logsource:
    category: process_creation
    product: windows
detection:
    selection:
        Image|endswith: '\takeown.exe'
        CommandLine|contains|all:
            - '/f '
            - '/r'
    condition: selection
falsepositives:
    - Unknown
level: medium