credential_access_kerberoasting_unusual_process.toml

[metadata]
creation_date = "2020/11/02"
maturity = "production"
updated_date = "2021/03/03"

[rule]
author = ["Elastic"]
description = """
Identifies network connections to the standard Kerberos port from an unusual process. On Windows, the only process that
normally performs Kerberos traffic from a domain joined host is lsass.exe.
"""
false_positives = [
    """
    HTTP traffic on a non standard port. Verify that the destination IP address is not related to a Domain Controller.
    """,
]
from = "now-9m"
index = ["logs-endpoint.events.*", "winlogbeat-*", "logs-windows.*"]
language = "eql"
license = "Elastic License v2"
name = "Kerberos Traffic from Unusual Process"
risk_score = 47
rule_id = "897dc6b5-b39f-432a-8d75-d3730d50c782"
severity = "medium"
tags = ["Elastic", "Host", "Windows", "Threat Detection", "Credential Access"]
timestamp_override = "event.ingested"
type = "eql"

query = '''
network where event.type == "start" and network.direction == "outgoing" and
 destination.port == 88 and source.port >= 49152 and
 process.executable != "C:\\Windows\\System32\\lsass.exe" and destination.address !="127.0.0.1" and destination.address !="::1" and
 /* insert False Positives here */
 not process.name in ("swi_fc.exe", "fsIPcam.exe", "IPCamera.exe", "MicrosoftEdgeCP.exe", "MicrosoftEdge.exe", "iexplore.exe", "chrome.exe", "msedge.exe", "opera.exe", "firefox.exe")
'''


[[rule.threat]]
framework = "MITRE ATT&CK"
[[rule.threat.technique]]
id = "T1558"
name = "Steal or Forge Kerberos Tickets"
reference = "https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1558/"


[rule.threat.tactic]
id = "TA0006"
name = "Credential Access"
reference = "https://attack.mitre.org/tactics/TA0006/"