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This analytic identifies potential privilege escalation activities within an organization's Active Directory (AD) environment by correlating multiple analytics from the "Active Directory Privilege Escalation" analytic story within a specified time frame. This is significant for a SOC as it helps identify coordinated attempts to gain elevated privileges, which could indicate a serious security threat. If confirmed malicious, this activity could allow attackers to gain unauthorized access to sensitive systems and data, leading to potential data breaches and further compromise of the network.
This analytic identifies failed authentication attempts against an Azure AD tenant during the Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA) challenge, specifically flagged by error code 500121. It leverages Azure AD SignInLogs to detect these events. This activity is significant as it may indicate an adversary attempting to authenticate using compromised credentials on an account with MFA enabled. If confirmed malicious, this could suggest an ongoing effort to bypass MFA protections, potentially leading to unauthorized access and further compromise of the affected account.
The following analytic detects modifications to the SID History attribute in Active Directory by leveraging event code 5136. This detection uses logs from the `wineventlog_security` data source to identify changes to the sIDHistory attribute. Monitoring this activity is crucial as the SID History attribute can be exploited by adversaries to inherit permissions from other accounts, potentially granting unauthorized access. If confirmed malicious, this activity could allow attackers to maintain persistent access and escalate privileges within the domain, posing a significant security risk.
The following analytic detects CrowdStrike alerts for non-admin accounts with duplicate password risk, identifying instances where multiple non-admin users share the same password. This practice weakens security and increases the potential for unauthorized access. Addressing these alerts is essential to ensure each user account has a unique, strong password, thereby enhancing overall security and protecting sensitive information.
The following analytic identifies instances where a single user creates more than three unique OAuth applications within a 10-minute timeframe in Azure AD. It detects this activity by monitoring the 'Add service principal' operation and aggregating data in 10-minute intervals. This behavior is significant as it may indicate an adversary rapidly creating multiple service principals to stage an attack or expand their foothold within the network. If confirmed malicious, this activity could allow attackers to establish persistence, escalate privileges, or access sensitive information within the Azure environment.
This analytic detects changes to the sIDHistory attribute of user or computer objects within the same domain. It leverages Windows Security Event Codes 4738 (User Account Changed) and 4742 (Computer Account Changed) to identify when the sIDHistory attribute is modified. This activity is significant because the sIDHistory attribute can be abused by adversaries to grant unauthorized access by inheriting permissions from another account. If confirmed malicious, this could allow attackers to maintain persistent access or escalate privileges within the domain, posing a severe security risk. The rule specifically looks for cases where the added SID History matches the target SID or target domain name, indicating an attempt to add a SID from the same domain.
The analytic detects modifications to default Group Policy Objects (GPOs) using Event ID 5136. It monitors changes to the `Default Domain Controllers Policy` and `Default Domain Policy`, which are critical for enforcing security settings across domain controllers and all users/computers, respectively. This activity is significant because unauthorized changes to these GPOs can indicate an adversary with privileged access attempting to deploy persistence mechanisms or execute malware across the network. If confirmed malicious, such modifications could lead to widespread compromise, allowing attackers to maintain control and execute arbitrary code on numerous hosts.
The analytic detects a single source process failing to authenticate with 30 or more unique users, indicating a potential Password Spraying attack. It leverages Windows Event 4625 with Logon Type 2, collected from domain controllers, member servers, and workstations. This activity is significant as it may represent an adversary attempting to gain initial access or elevate privileges within an Active Directory environment. If confirmed malicious, this could lead to unauthorized access, privilege escalation, or further compromise of the network, posing a severe security risk.
The analytic detects a suspicious computer account name change in Active Directory. It leverages Event ID 4781, which logs account name changes, to identify instances where a computer account name is changed to one that does not end with a '$'. This behavior is significant as it may indicate an attempt to exploit CVE-2021-42278 and CVE-2021-42287, which can lead to domain controller impersonation and privilege escalation. If confirmed malicious, this activity could allow an attacker to gain elevated privileges and potentially control the domain.
This detection identifies an Active Directory access-control list (ACL) modification event, which applies the minimum required extended rights to perform the DCShadow attack. Specifically, it looks for modifications to the domainDNS object where specific GUIDs related to 'Add/Remove Replica In Domain', 'Manage Replication Topology', and 'Replication Synchronization' are added to the ACL. These permissions are necessary for an attacker to register a rogue domain controller and perform a DCShadow attack.
The analytic identifies unauthorized replication RPC calls from non-domain controller devices. It leverages Zeek wire data to detect specific RPC operations like DrsReplicaAdd and DRSGetNCChanges, filtering out legitimate domain controllers. This activity is significant as it may indicate an attempt to introduce a rogue domain controller, which can compromise the integrity of the Active Directory environment. If confirmed malicious, this could allow attackers to manipulate directory data, escalate privileges, and persist within the network, posing a severe security risk.
The analytic detects an Azure AD account successfully authenticating from multiple unique IP addresses within a 30-minute window. It leverages Azure AD SignInLogs to identify instances where the same user logs in from different IPs in a short time frame. This behavior is significant as it may indicate compromised credentials being used by an adversary, potentially following a phishing attack. If confirmed malicious, this activity could allow unauthorized access to corporate resources, leading to data breaches or further exploitation within the network.
The following analytic identifies a single source endpoint failing to authenticate with 30 unique users using the Kerberos protocol. It leverages EventCode 4771 with Status 0x18, indicating wrong password attempts, and aggregates these events over a 5-minute window. This behavior is significant as it may indicate a Password Spraying attack, where an adversary attempts to gain initial access or elevate privileges in an Active Directory environment. If confirmed malicious, this activity could lead to unauthorized access, privilege escalation, and potential compromise of sensitive information.
This analytic detects a single source computer authenticating to 30 or more remote endpoints within a 5-minute timespan using Windows Event ID 4624 (successful logon). This behavior is identified by analyzing Windows Event Logs for LogonType 3 (network logon) events and counting unique target computers. Such activity is significant as it may indicate lateral movement or network share enumeration by an adversary. If confirmed malicious, this could lead to unauthorized access to multiple systems, potentially compromising sensitive data and escalating privileges within the network.
This analytic detects an unusual number of NTLM authentication attempts by a single user account against multiple distinct destinations. This behavior is indicative of an attacker performing brute-force attacks, password spraying, or other NTLM-based authentication attacks to gain access to numerous domain-joined Windows devices. Such activity may also generate a high volume of Event ID 4776 events.
The analytic detects a Kerberos Ticket Granting Ticket (TGT) request using RC4-HMAC encryption (type 0x17) by leveraging Event 4768. This encryption type is outdated and its presence may indicate an OverPass The Hash attack. Monitoring this activity is crucial as it can signify credential theft, allowing adversaries to authenticate to the Kerberos Distribution Center (KDC) using a stolen NTLM hash. If confirmed malicious, this could enable unauthorized access to systems and resources, potentially leading to lateral movement and further compromise within the network.
This rule detects modifications to the Access Control List (ACL) of the domain root object in Active Directory. Such modifications are significant and can have a high impact on the security of the Active Directory environment. The rule specifically looks for EventCode 5136 (A directory service object was modified) where the ObjectClass is 'domainDNS'. It then parses the old and new ACL values to identify specific changes, including the type of access control entry (ACE), flags, access rights, and the security identifier (SID) of the user or group affected. The rule also attempts to resolve SIDs to user or group names for better readability. Microsoft guidance suggests that all changes at this level should be reviewed.
This analytic is looking for when an ACL is applied to an OU which denies listing the objects residing in the OU. This activity combined with modifying the owner of the OU will hide AD objects even from domain administrators.
This analytic detects an increase in modifications to AD user objects. A large volume of changes to user objects can indicate potential security risks, such as unauthorized access attempts, impairing defences or establishing persistence. By monitoring AD logs for unusual modification patterns, this detection helps identify suspicious behavior that could compromise the integrity and security of the AD environment.
This analytic detects suspicious Kerberos Ticket Granting Ticket (TGT) requests that may indicate exploitation of CVE-2021-42278 and CVE-2021-42287. It identifies sequences where a computer account is renamed (Event ID 4781) and immediately followed by a TGT request (Event ID 4768) for that same account. This behavior is significant as it could represent an attempt to escalate privileges by impersonating a Domain Controller, potentially leading to elevated access and control over the domain environment.
The following analytic detects the temporary addition of a global catalog SPN or a DRS RPC SPN to an Active Directory computer object, indicative of a potential DCShadow attack. This detection leverages EventCode 5136 from the `wineventlog_security` data source, focusing on specific SPN attribute changes. This activity is significant as DCShadow attacks allow attackers with privileged access to register rogue Domain Controllers, enabling unauthorized changes to the AD infrastructure. If confirmed malicious, this could lead to unauthorized replication of changes, including credentials and keys, compromising the entire domain's security.
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