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Privilege Escalation via NTLMRelay2Self
Identifies attempt to coerce a local NTLM authentication via HTTP using Printer Spooler service as a target. An adversary may use this primitive in combination with others to elevate privileges on a compromised system.
MITRE ATT&CK coverage
| Tactic | Techniques |
|---|---|
| Privilege Escalation | |
| Credential Access |
Rule body
[rule]
description = """
Identifies attempt to coerce a local NTLM authentication via HTTP using Printer Spooler service as a target. An
adversary may use this primitive in combination with others to elevate privileges on a compromised system.
"""
id = "cabd7f21-70ff-429b-8818-f210ba603461"
license = "Elastic License v2"
name = "Privilege Escalation via NTLMRelay2Self"
os_list = ["windows"]
reference = ["https://github.com/med0x2e/NTLMRelay2Self"]
version = "1.0.27"
query = '''
process where event.action == "start" and
process.name : "rundll32.exe" and
/* Rundll32 WbeDav Client */
process.args : ("?:\\Windows\\System32\\davclnt.dll,DavSetCookie", "?:\\Windows\\SysWOW64\\davclnt.dll,DavSetCookie") and
/* Access to named pipe via http */
process.args : ("http*/print/pipe/*", "http*/pipe/spoolss", "http*/pipe/srvsvc")
'''
min_endpoint_version = "7.15.0"
[[actions]]
action = "kill_process"
field = "process.entity_id"
state = 0
[[optional_actions]]
action = "rollback"
field = "process.entity_id"
state = 0
[[threat]]
framework = "MITRE ATT&CK"
[[threat.technique]]
id = "T1068"
name = "Exploitation for Privilege Escalation"
reference = "https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1068/"
[threat.tactic]
id = "TA0004"
name = "Privilege Escalation"
reference = "https://attack.mitre.org/tactics/TA0004/"
[[threat]]
framework = "MITRE ATT&CK"
[[threat.technique]]
id = "T1558"
name = "Steal or Forge Kerberos Tickets"
reference = "https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1558/"
[threat.tactic]
id = "TA0006"
name = "Credential Access"
reference = "https://attack.mitre.org/tactics/TA0006/"
[internal]
min_endpoint_version = "7.15.0"
Stages and Predicates
Stage 1: process
process where event.action == "start" and
process.name : "rundll32.exe" and
process.args : ("?:\\Windows\\System32\\davclnt.dll,DavSetCookie", "?:\\Windows\\SysWOW64\\davclnt.dll,DavSetCookie") and
process.args : ("http*/print/pipe/*", "http*/pipe/spoolss", "http*/pipe/srvsvc")
Indicators
These rows show field, operator, and value matches.
| Field | Kind | Values | Search |
|---|---|---|---|
event.action | eq |
| field:"EventType" kind:eq value:"start" |
process.args | wildcard |
| field:"process.args" kind:wildcard |
process.name | wildcard |
| field:"process_name" kind:wildcard value:"rundll32.exe" |