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Suspicious SPN enumeration previous to Kerberoasting attack (PowerShell)
Detects scenarios where an attacker attempts to retrieve SPN using PowerShell and native tools.
MITRE ATT&CK coverage
| Tactic | Techniques |
|---|---|
| Credential Access | T1558.003 Steal or Forge Kerberos Tickets: Kerberoasting |
| Discovery | T1087.002 Account Discovery: Domain Account |
Event coverage
| Provider | Event | Title |
|---|---|---|
| PowerShell | Event ID 4103 | Payload Context: ContextInfo User Data: UserData. |
| PowerShell | Event ID 4104 | Creating Scriptblock text (MessageNumber of MessageTotal). |
| PowerShell | Event ID 800 | Event ID 800 |
Rule body yaml
title: Suspicious SPN enumeration previous to Kerberoasting attack (PowerShell)
description: Detects scenarios where an attacker attempts to retrieve SPN using PowerShell and native tools.
references:
- https://github.com/mdecrevoisier/EVTX-to-MITRE-Attack/tree/master/TA0007-Discovery/T1087-Account%20discovery
- https://github.com/nidem/kerberoast
- https://github.com/cyberark/RiskySPN
- https://pentestlab.blog/2018/06/04/spn-discovery/
- https://adsecurity.org/?p=3458
- https://redcanary.com/blog/marshmallows-and-kerberoasting/
- https://www.security.com/threat-intelligence/us-china-espionage
tags:
- attack.account_discovery
- attack.t1087.002
- attack.credential_access
- attack.t1558.003
author: mdecrevoisier
status: experimental
logsource:
product: windows
category:
- ps_module
- ps_classic_script
- ps_script
detection:
selection1_powershell_native:
EventID: 800
EventData|contains:
- 'System.IdentityModel.Tokens.KerberosRequestorSecurityToken'
- 'Add-Type -AssemblyName System.IdentityModel'
selection2_powershell_modern:
EventID: 4103
Payload|contains:
- 'System.IdentityModel.Tokens.KerberosRequestorSecurityToken'
- 'Add-Type -AssemblyName System.IdentityModel'
selection3_powershell_block:
EventID: 4104
ScriptBlockText|contains:
- 'System.IdentityModel.Tokens.KerberosRequestorSecurityToken'
- 'Add-Type -AssemblyName System.IdentityModel'
condition: 1 of selection*
falsepositives:
- Administrators
level: high
Stages and Predicates
Stage 0: condition
1 of selection*Stage 1: selection1_powershell_native
selection1_powershell_native:
EventID: 800
EventData|contains:
- 'System.IdentityModel.Tokens.KerberosRequestorSecurityToken'
- 'Add-Type -AssemblyName System.IdentityModel'
Stage 2: selection2_powershell_modern
selection2_powershell_modern:
EventID: 4103
Payload|contains:
- 'System.IdentityModel.Tokens.KerberosRequestorSecurityToken'
- 'Add-Type -AssemblyName System.IdentityModel'
Stage 3: selection3_powershell_block
selection3_powershell_block:
EventID: 4104
ScriptBlockText|contains:
- 'System.IdentityModel.Tokens.KerberosRequestorSecurityToken'
- 'Add-Type -AssemblyName System.IdentityModel'
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 |
|---|---|---|
EventData | match |
|
Payload | match |
|
ScriptBlockText | match |
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