Permission Groups Discovery: Domain Groups (T1069.002)
Tactic: Discovery · Platforms: Linux, macOS, Windows
The interactive view maps 1 detection strategy, 13 threat groups, 23 software entries, 2 campaigns to this technique, alongside D3FEND countermeasures and data-component coverage.
Sub-technique of Permission Groups Discovery (T1069).
Overview
Adversaries may attempt to find domain-level groups and permission settings. The knowledge of domain-level permission groups can help adversaries determine which groups exist and which users belong to a particular group. Adversaries may use this information to determine which users have elevated permissions, such as domain administrators.
Commands such as net group /domain of the Net utility, dscacheutil -q group on macOS, and ldapsearch on Linux can list domain-level groups.