Potential Privileged Escalation via SamAccountName Spoofing
editPotential Privileged Escalation via SamAccountName Spoofing
editIdentifies a suspicious computer account name rename event, which may indicate an attempt to exploit CVE-2021-42278 to elevate privileges from a standard domain user to a user with domain admin privileges. CVE-2021-42278 is a security vulnerability that allows potential attackers to impersonate a domain controller via samAccountName attribute spoofing.
Rule type: eql
Rule indices:
- winlogbeat-*
- logs-system.*
Severity: high
Risk score: 73
Runs every: 5 minutes
Searches indices from: now-9m (Date Math format, see also Additional look-back time)
Maximum alerts per execution: 100
References:
- https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/topic/kb5008102-active-directory-security-accounts-manager-hardening-changes-cve-2021-42278-5975b463-4c95-45e1-831a-d120004e258e
- https://cloudbrothers.info/en/exploit-kerberos-samaccountname-spoofing/
- https://github.com/cube0x0/noPac
- https://twitter.com/exploitph/status/1469157138928914432
- https://exploit.ph/cve-2021-42287-cve-2021-42278-weaponisation.html
Tags:
- Elastic
- Host
- Windows
- Threat Detection
- Persistence
- Privilege Escalation
Version: 4 (version history)
Added (Elastic Stack release): 8.1.0
Last modified (Elastic Stack release): 8.4.0
Rule authors: Elastic
Rule license: Elastic License v2
Investigation guide
editRule query
editiam where event.action == "renamed-user-account" and /* machine account name renamed to user like account name */ winlog.event_data.OldTargetUserName : "*$" and not winlog.event_data.NewTargetUserName : "*$"
Threat mapping
editFramework: MITRE ATT&CKTM
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Tactic:
- Name: Privilege Escalation
- ID: TA0004
- Reference URL: https://attack.mitre.org/tactics/TA0004/
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Technique:
- Name: Valid Accounts
- ID: T1078
- Reference URL: https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1078/
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Tactic:
- Name: Persistence
- ID: TA0003
- Reference URL: https://attack.mitre.org/tactics/TA0003/
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Technique:
- Name: Account Manipulation
- ID: T1098
- Reference URL: https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1098/
Rule version history
edit- Version 4 (8.4.0 release)
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- Formatting only
- Version 2 (8.2.0 release)
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- Formatting only