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# Suspicious access of the System Management Container

### Synopsis

| Field                | Value                                                                                                                         |
| -------------------- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| Activation Period    | 14 Days                                                                                                                       |
| Training Period      | 30 Days                                                                                                                       |
| Test Period          | N/A (single event)                                                                                                            |
| Deduplication Period | 1 Day                                                                                                                         |
| Required Data        | <p>Requires one of the following data sources:<br>Windows Event Collector OR XDR Agent with eXtended Threat Hunting (XTH)</p> |
| Detection Modules    | Identity Analytics                                                                                                            |
| Detector Tags        | Microsoft SCCM Analytics                                                                                                      |
| ATT\&CK Tactic       | Reconnaissance (TA0043)                                                                                                       |
| ATT\&CK Technique    | Gather Victim Network Information (T1590)                                                                                     |
| Severity             | Low                                                                                                                           |

### Description

A user accessed the System Management container, which may be an indication of a reconnaissance for site servers.

### Attacker's Goals

An attacker is attempting to enumerate Microsoft Configuration Manager and identify accessible site servers.

### Investigative actions

* Look for the suspicious LDAP query that may trigger this event.
* Check if the process executes LDAP search queries as part of its normal behavior.
* Investigate any other potentially suspicious behavior from the compromised user.
* Looking for suspicious activity or logins to the Microsoft Configuration Manager site server.


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