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HackTool - ADCSPwn Execution
Detects command line parameters used by ADCSPwn, a tool to escalate privileges in an active directory network by coercing authenticate from machine accounts and relaying to the certificate service
MITRE ATT&CK coverage
| Tactic | Techniques |
|---|---|
| Credential Access | T1557.001 Adversary-in-the-Middle: Name Resolution Poisoning and SMB Relay |
| Collection | T1557.001 Adversary-in-the-Middle: Name Resolution Poisoning and SMB Relay |
Event coverage
| Provider | Event | Title |
|---|---|---|
| Sysmon | Event ID 1 | Process creation |
| Security-Auditing | Event ID 4688 | A new process has been created. |
Rule body yaml
title: HackTool - ADCSPwn Execution
id: cd8c163e-a19b-402e-bdd5-419ff5859f12
status: test
description: Detects command line parameters used by ADCSPwn, a tool to escalate privileges in an active directory network by coercing authenticate from machine accounts and relaying to the certificate service
references:
- https://github.com/bats3c/ADCSPwn
author: Florian Roth (Nextron Systems)
date: 2021-07-31
modified: 2023-02-04
tags:
- attack.collection
- attack.credential-access
- attack.t1557.001
logsource:
category: process_creation
product: windows
detection:
selection:
CommandLine|contains|all:
- ' --adcs '
- ' --port '
condition: selection
falsepositives:
- Unlikely
level: high
Stages and Predicates
Stage 0: condition
selectionStage 1: selection
selection:
CommandLine|contains|all:
- ' --adcs '
- ' --port '
Indicators
Each row is a field, operator, and value that the rule matches. The corpus column counts how many other rules in the catalog look for the same combination: high numbers point to widely-used, community-vetted indicators. Blank or 1 shows that the indicator is specific to this rule.
| Field | Kind | Values |
|---|---|---|
CommandLine | match |
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