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PROD (TM006.1) - ACL - Modified at Tier Level OU

Status
available
Severity
high
Time window
5m
Source
github.com/Azure/Azure-Sentinel

ACL modification of any Tier Model OU.

MITRE ATT&CK coverage

Telemetry coverage

Rule body

id: f3e2433b-6456-4009-a1cb-0d4eb3a36125
name: 'PROD (TM006.1) - ACL - Modified at Tier Level OU'
description: |
  ACL modification of any Tier Model OU.
severity: High
requiredDataConnectors:
  - connectorId: SecurityEvents
    dataTypes:
      - SecurityEvent
  - connectorId: WindowsSecurityEvents
    dataTypes:
      - SecurityEvent
queryFrequency: 5m
queryPeriod: 5m
triggerOperator: gt
triggerThreshold: 0
status: Available
tactics:
  - DefenseEvasion
relevantTechniques:
  - T1222.001
query: |
  SecurityEvent 
  | where EventID == 5136 
      and (EventData matches regex @"(?i)OU=Domain Controllers"
          or EventData matches regex @"(?i)OU=Tier 0 Member Servers"
          or EventData matches regex @"(?i)OU=Tier 1 Member Servers"
          or EventData matches regex @"(?i)OU=Tier 2 End-User Accounts"
          or EventData matches regex @"(?i)OU=Tier 2 End-User Devices"
          or EventData matches regex @"(?i)OU=Tier 2 End-User Groups"
          or EventData matches regex @"(?i)OU=Tier Model Administration"
          or EventData matches regex @"(?i)OU=Tier Model Computer Quarantine")
      and Activity has "modified" 
      and EventData has '"ObjectClass">organizationalUnit'
      and EventData has '<Data Name="AttributeLDAPDisplayName">nTSecurityDescriptor</Data>'
      and EventData has '"OperationType">%%14674'
  | extend ObjectName = extract("(?i)<Data Name=\"ObjectDN\">(((?i)OU=[^,]+,?)+),[dD][cC]=", 1, EventData)
  | extend ObjectTier = case(
      ObjectName has "Tier 0", "Tier 0",
      ObjectName has "Tier 1", "Tier 1",
      ObjectName has "Tier 2", "Tier 2",
      ObjectName has "Tier Model Administration", "Tier 0",
      ObjectName has "Tier Model Computer Quarantine", "Tier 0",
      ObjectName has "Domain Controllers", "Tier 0",
      "Unknown")
  | extend AttributeLDAP = extract("<Data Name=\"AttributeLDAPDisplayName\">([^<]+)</Data>", 1, EventData)
  | extend AttributeValue = extract("\\[([^\\]]+)\\]", 1, EventData)
  | extend OperationType = iff(EventData has 'nTSecurityDescriptor', "ACL Modified", tostring(OperationType))
  | extend ActivityType = extract("([a-zA-Z]+)\\.$", 1, Activity)
  | extend ObjectClass = extract("<Data Name=\"ObjectClass\">([^<]+)</Data>", 1, EventData)
  | extend Domain = extract("([^.]+\\.[^.]+)$", 1, Computer)
  | project TimeGenerated
     , ObjectName
     , ObjectTier
     , ObjectClass
     , OperationType
     , ActivityType
     , AttributeLDAP
     , Account
     , Domain
     , Computer
     , Channel
     , EventID
     , EventData
entityMappings:
  - entityType: Account
    fieldMappings:
      - identifier: FullName
        columnName: ObjectName
  - entityType: Host
    fieldMappings:
      - identifier: HostName
        columnName: Computer
  - entityType: Account
    fieldMappings:
      - identifier: FullName
        columnName: Account
customDetails:
  ObjectName: ObjectName
  ObjectTier: ObjectTier
  ObjectClass: ObjectClass
  OperationType: OperationType
  ActivityType: ActivityType
  AttributeLDAP: AttributeLDAP
  Account: Account
  Domain: Domain
  Computer: Computer
  Channel: Channel
  EventID: EventID
  EventData: EventData
eventGroupingSettings:
  aggregationKind: AlertPerResult
incidentConfiguration:
  createIncident: true
  groupingConfiguration:
    enabled: false
    reopenClosedIncident: false
    lookbackDuration: PT5H
    matchingMethod: AllEntities
alertDetailsOverride:
  alertDisplayNameFormat: '(TM006.1) A {{ObjectTier}} OU ACL was modified at the following {{ObjectName}} OU'
  alertDescriptionFormat: 'Modification to any Tier Model OU ACL.'
version: 1.0.0
kind: Scheduled

Stages and Predicates

Stage 1: source

SecurityEvent

Stage 2: where

| where EventID == 5136 
    and (EventData matches regex @"(?i)OU=Domain Controllers"
        or EventData matches regex @"(?i)OU=Tier 0 Member Servers"
        or EventData matches regex @"(?i)OU=Tier 1 Member Servers"
        or EventData matches regex @"(?i)OU=Tier 2 End-User Accounts"
        or EventData matches regex @"(?i)OU=Tier 2 End-User Devices"
        or EventData matches regex @"(?i)OU=Tier 2 End-User Groups"
        or EventData matches regex @"(?i)OU=Tier Model Administration"
        or EventData matches regex @"(?i)OU=Tier Model Computer Quarantine")
    and Activity has "modified" 
    and EventData has '"ObjectClass">organizationalUnit'
    and EventData has '<Data Name="AttributeLDAPDisplayName">nTSecurityDescriptor</Data>'
    and EventData has '"OperationType">%%14674'

Stage 3: extend (8 consecutive steps)

| extend ObjectName = extract("(?i)<Data Name=\"ObjectDN\">(((?i)OU=[^,]+,?)+),[dD][cC]=", 1, EventData)
| extend ObjectTier = case(
    ObjectName has "Tier 0", "Tier 0",
    ObjectName has "Tier 1", "Tier 1",
    ObjectName has "Tier 2", "Tier 2",
    ObjectName has "Tier Model Administration", "Tier 0",
    ObjectName has "Tier Model Computer Quarantine", "Tier 0",
    ObjectName has "Domain Controllers", "Tier 0",
    "Unknown")
| extend AttributeLDAP = extract("<Data Name=\"AttributeLDAPDisplayName\">([^<]+)</Data>", 1, EventData)
| extend AttributeValue = extract("\\[([^\\]]+)\\]", 1, EventData)
| extend OperationType = iff(EventData has 'nTSecurityDescriptor', "ACL Modified", tostring(OperationType))
| extend ActivityType = extract("([a-zA-Z]+)\\.$", 1, Activity)
| extend ObjectClass = extract("<Data Name=\"ObjectClass\">([^<]+)</Data>", 1, EventData)
| extend Domain = extract("([^.]+\\.[^.]+)$", 1, Computer)

Stage 4: project

| project TimeGenerated
   , ObjectName
   , ObjectTier
   , ObjectClass
   , OperationType
   , ActivityType
   , AttributeLDAP
   , Account
   , Domain
   , Computer
   , Channel
   , EventID
   , EventData

Indicators

These rows show field, operator, and value matches.

FieldKindValuesSearch
Activitymatch
  • modified transforms: term corpus 10 (kusto 10)
field:"Activity" kind:match value:"modified"
EventDatamatch
  • "ObjectClass">organizationalUnit transforms: term corpus 5 (kusto 5)
  • "OperationType">%%14674 transforms: term corpus 7 (kusto 7)
  • <Data Name="AttributeLDAPDisplayName">nTSecurityDescriptor</Data> transforms: term corpus 3 (kusto 3)
field:"EventData" kind:match
EventDataregex_match
  • (?i)OU=Domain Controllers corpus 8 (kusto 8)
  • (?i)OU=Tier 0 Member Servers corpus 8 (kusto 8)
  • (?i)OU=Tier 1 Member Servers corpus 8 (kusto 8)
  • (?i)OU=Tier 2 End-User Accounts corpus 3 (kusto 3)
  • (?i)OU=Tier 2 End-User Devices corpus 3 (kusto 3)
  • (?i)OU=Tier 2 End-User Groups corpus 3 (kusto 3)
  • (?i)OU=Tier Model Administration corpus 3 (kusto 3)
  • (?i)OU=Tier Model Computer Quarantine corpus 3 (kusto 3)
field:"EventData" kind:regex_match
EventIDeq
  • 5136 corpus 45 (splunk 24, kusto 18, elastic 3)
field:"EventID" kind:eq value:"5136"

Output fields

These fields are emitted when the rule matches.

FieldSource
Accountproject
ActivityTypeproject
AttributeLDAPproject
Channelproject
Computerproject
Domainproject
EventDataproject
EventIDproject
ObjectClassproject
ObjectNameproject
ObjectTierproject
OperationTypeproject
TimeGeneratedproject