title: Password Change on Directory Service Restore Mode (DSRM) Account status: stable description: The Directory Service Restore Mode (DSRM) account is a local administrator account on Domain Controllers. Attackers may change the password to gain persistence. references: - https://adsecurity.org/?p=1714 author: Thomas Patzke tags: - attack.persistence - attack.privilege_escalation logsource: product: windows service: security detection: selection: EventID: 4794 condition: selection falsepositives: - Initial installation of a domain controller level: high