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# Permission Groups discovery commands

### 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                                             |
| Detector Tags        | Kubernetes - AGENT, Containers                        |
| ATT\&CK Tactic       | Discovery (TA0007)                                    |
| ATT\&CK Technique    | Permission Groups Discovery: Local Groups (T1069.001) |
| Severity             | Informational                                         |

### Description

Permission group discovery command execution.

### Attacker's Goals

Collect information about the host.

### Investigative actions

* Verify if the script or process initiating the discovery commands is benign.
* Verify that this isn't sanctioned IT activity.
* Look for other hosts executing similar commands.

### Variations

<details>

<summary>Permission Groups discovery commands in a Kubernetes pod</summary>

**Synopsis**

| Field             | Value                                                 |
| ----------------- | ----------------------------------------------------- |
| ATT\&CK Tactic    | Discovery (TA0007)                                    |
| ATT\&CK Technique | Permission Groups Discovery: Local Groups (T1069.001) |
| Severity          | Informational                                         |

**Description**

Permission group discovery command execution.

**Attacker's Goals**

Collect information about the host.

**Investigative actions**

* Verify if the script or process initiating the discovery commands is benign.
* Verify that this isn't sanctioned IT activity.
* Look for other hosts executing similar commands.

</details>


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