Unprivileged process opened a registry hive

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
ATT&CK Tactic	Credential Access (TA0006)
ATT&CK Technique	Unsecured Credentials: Credentials In Files (T1552.001)
Severity	Low

Description

An unprivileged process opened a registry hive directly.

Attacker's Goals

An attacker may attempt to gain higher privileges.

Investigative actions

• Check whether the command line executed is benign or normal for the host and/or user performing it.
• Investigate the endpoint to determine if it's a legitimate process that is supposed to run with privileges.