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DCERPC SMB Spoolss Named Pipe

Status
test
Severity
medium
Log source
product windows, service security
Author
OTR (Open Threat Research)
Source
github.com/SigmaHQ/sigma

Detects the use of the spoolss named pipe over SMB. This can be used to trigger the authentication via NTLM of any machine that has the spoolservice enabled.

MITRE ATT&CK coverage

Event coverage

Rule body yaml

title: DCERPC SMB Spoolss Named Pipe
id: 214e8f95-100a-4e04-bb31-ef6cba8ce07e
status: test
description: Detects the use of the spoolss named pipe over SMB. This can be used to trigger the authentication via NTLM of any machine that has the spoolservice enabled.
references:
    - https://posts.specterops.io/hunting-in-active-directory-unconstrained-delegation-forests-trusts-71f2b33688e1
    - https://dirkjanm.io/a-different-way-of-abusing-zerologon/
    - https://twitter.com/_dirkjan/status/1309214379003588608
author: OTR (Open Threat Research)
date: 2018-11-28
modified: 2022-08-11
tags:
    - attack.lateral-movement
    - attack.t1021.002
logsource:
    product: windows
    service: security
detection:
    selection:
        EventID: 5145
        ShareName: '\\\\\*\\IPC$' # looking for the string \\*\IPC$
        RelativeTargetName: spoolss
    condition: selection
falsepositives:
    - 'Domain Controllers acting as printer servers too? :)'
level: medium

Stages and Predicates

Stage 0: condition

selection

Stage 1: selection

selection:
    EventID: 5145
    ShareName: '\\\\\*\\IPC$'
    RelativeTargetName: spoolss

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.

FieldKindValues
RelativeTargetNameeq
  • spoolss corpus 3 (sigma 3)
ShareNameeq
  • \\\\\*\\IPC$ corpus 7 (sigma 7)