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Kerberos Traffic from Unusual Process
editKerberos Traffic from Unusual Process
editIdentifies 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.
Rule type: eql
Rule indices:
- logs-endpoint.events.*
- winlogbeat-*
Severity: medium
Risk score: 43
Runs every: 5 minutes
Searches indices from: now-9m (Date Math format, see also Additional look-back time
)
Maximum alerts per execution: 100
Tags:
- Elastic
- Host
- Windows
- Threat Detection
- Credential Access
Version: 2 (version history)
Added (Elastic Stack release): 7.11.0
Last modified (Elastic Stack release): 7.11.2
Rule authors: Elastic
Rule license: Elastic License
Potential false positives
editHTTP traffic on a non standard port. Verify that the destination IP address is not related to a Domain Controller.
Rule query
editnetwork 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")
Threat mapping
editFramework: MITRE ATT&CKTM
-
Tactic:
- Name: Credential Access
- ID: TA0006
- Reference URL: https://attack.mitre.org/tactics/TA0006/
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Technique:
- Name: Steal or Forge Kerberos Tickets
- ID: T1558
- Reference URL: https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1558/
Rule version history
edit- Version 2 (7.11.2 release)
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- Formatting only