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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-*
- logs-windows.*
Severity: medium
Risk score: 47
Runs every: 5m
Searches indices from: now-9m (Date Math format, see also Additional look-back time)
Maximum alerts per execution: 100
References: None
Tags:
- Elastic
- Host
- Windows
- Threat Detection
- Credential Access
Version: 4
Rule authors:
- Elastic
Rule license: Elastic License v2
Rule query
editnetwork where event.type == "start" and network.direction : ("outgoing", "egress") 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")
Framework: MITRE ATT&CKTM
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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/