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# Local user enumeration via SAMR
### Synopsis
| Field | Value |
| -------------------- | -------------------------------------------- |
| Activation Period | 14 Days |
| Training Period | 30 Days |
| Test Period | N/A (single event) |
| Deduplication Period | 1 Day |
| Required Data | XDR Agent with eXtended Threat Hunting (XTH) |
| ATT\&CK Tactic | Discovery (TA0007) |
| ATT\&CK Technique | Account Discovery: Local Account (T1087.001) |
| Severity | Informational |
### Description
A user enumerated local users via SAMR.
### Attacker's Goals
An adversary may leverage local user discovery to identify privileged users and escalate privileges.
### Investigative actions
* Determine the user, hostname, and process that performed the user enumeration.
* Inspect process, command-line arguments or scripts used.
* Check for any privilege escalation or lateral movement attempts from the source system.
* Check if the tool used to enumerate the local users is a known or an approved tool.
* Review the logs for suspicious activity from the same host or user.
### Variations
Local user enumeration via SAMR on an internet facing server
**Synopsis**
| Field | Value |
| ----------------- | -------------------------------------------- |
| ATT\&CK Tactic | Discovery (TA0007) |
| ATT\&CK Technique | Account Discovery: Local Account (T1087.001) |
| Severity | Low |
**Description**
A user enumerated local users via SAMR.
**Attacker's Goals**
An adversary may leverage local user discovery to identify privileged users and escalate privileges.
**Investigative actions**
* Determine the user, hostname, and process that performed the user enumeration.
* Inspect process, command-line arguments or scripts used.
* Check for any privilege escalation or lateral movement attempts from the source system.
* Check if the tool used to enumerate the local users is a known or an approved tool.
* Review the logs for suspicious activity from the same host or user.
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