Sysmon 13.30 SourceUser and TargetUser values different than expected for EventID 10

Hubert Sękowski 1 Reputation point
2022-01-12T21:29:00.593+00:00

Tests done in one sandbox (AWS instance with Windows 2022; security protection disabled).
Events generated with use of mimikatz, where local user was running the tool.
I was getting '<Data Name='SourceUser'>NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM</Data><Data Name='TargetUser'>IP-0ACA0544\localuser</Data>' in most cases and '<Data Name='SourceUser'>IP-0ACA0544\localuser</Data><Data Name='TargetUser'>NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM</Data>' in few cases.
Tests done in another sandbox were showing localuser as a TargetUser till first restart of machine and then it was as expected.

I think that can be also observed here: https://github.com/OTRF/OSSEM-DD/issues/26 (vs https://blog.menasec.net/2021/12/detecting-token-stealing-using-sysmon.html )

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