Windows SRP restricted application access (Event IDs 865, 866, 867, 868, 882)
Flags Windows SRP enforcement events where attempts to access applications are restricted by administrator policy.
- Product
- windows
- Service
- application
- Author
- frack113 (SigmaHQ), DRL 1.1
- Published
- 2023-01-12
- Updated
- 2026-07-31
ATT&CK techniques
Execution → Lateral MovementRecon
Resource Dev
Initial Access
Execution
Persistence
Priv Esc
Defense Evasion
Cred Access
Discovery
Lateral Movement
Collection
C2
Exfiltration
Impact
What it detects
This rule flags Windows events from the Software Restriction Policies provider indicating that access to a specified application was blocked by administrator-configured SRP rules. Such blocks matter because attackers often rely on executing restricted binaries or from specific paths/publishers to achieve execution or lateral movement. The detection relies on Windows application telemetry from the Microsoft-Windows-SoftwareRestrictionPolicies provider and the specified Event IDs.
Reporting behind it
- learn.microsoft.comhttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-server/identity/software-restriction-policies/software-restriction-policies
- github.comhttps://github.com/nasbench/EVTX-ETW-Resources/blob/7a806a148b3d9d381193d4a80356016e6e8b1ee8/ETWEventsList/CSV/Windows11/22H2/W11_22H2_Pro_20220920_22621.382/Providers/Microsoft-Windows-AppXDeployment-Server.csv
- github.comhttps://github.com/SigmaHQ/sigma/blob/master/rules/windows/builtin/application/microsoft_windows_software_restriction_policies/win_software_restriction_policies_block.yml
Changelog
v2- v2Candidate ingested via manual entry.2026-07-31
- v1No changelog recorded for this version.2026-07-30
Detection content is published as a reviewed draft. Tune thresholds and exclusions against your own telemetry before enabling this rule for alerting.
title: Windows SRP restricted application access (Event IDs 865, 866, 867, 868, 882)
id: c5c77e03-9816-4297-92c0-35360329345a
status: test
description: This rule flags Windows events from the Software Restriction Policies provider indicating that access to a specified application was blocked by administrator-configured SRP rules. Such blocks matter because attackers often rely on executing restricted binaries or from specific paths/publishers to achieve execution or lateral movement. The detection relies on Windows application telemetry from the Microsoft-Windows-SoftwareRestrictionPolicies provider and the specified Event IDs.
references:
- https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-server/identity/software-restriction-policies/software-restriction-policies
- https://github.com/nasbench/EVTX-ETW-Resources/blob/7a806a148b3d9d381193d4a80356016e6e8b1ee8/ETWEventsList/CSV/Windows11/22H2/W11_22H2_Pro_20220920_22621.382/Providers/Microsoft-Windows-AppXDeployment-Server.csv
- https://github.com/SigmaHQ/sigma/blob/master/rules/windows/builtin/application/microsoft_windows_software_restriction_policies/win_software_restriction_policies_block.yml
author: frack113, Huntrule Team
date: 2023-01-12
tags:
- attack.lateral-movement
- attack.execution
- attack.t1072
logsource:
product: windows
service: application
detection:
selection:
Provider_Name: Microsoft-Windows-SoftwareRestrictionPolicies
EventID:
- 865
- 866
- 867
- 868
- 882
condition: selection
falsepositives:
- Unknown
level: high
license: DRL-1.1
related:
- id: b4c8da4a-1c12-46b0-8a2b-0a8521d03442
type: derived