Query: alert when Detects suspicious Active Directory Replication Service (ADRS) requests originating from a machine account (SubjectUserN
Matching passage: Sigma rule: Detects suspicious Active Directory Replication Service (ADRS) requests originating from a machine account (SubjectUserN. Logsource: windows / security. Rule: title: Suspicious Machine Account Replication - DcSync Indicator id: 611eab06-a145-4dfa-a295-3ccc5c20f59a related: - id: 17d619c1-e020-4347-957e-1d1207455c93 type: similar status: test description: 'Detects suspicious Active Directory Replication Service (ADRS) requests originating from a machine account (SubjectUserName ending in ''$'') rather than a legitimate Domain Controller. Under normal operation, only Domain Controllers initiate replication requests carrying the DS-Replication-Get-Changes-All right. If a threat actor obtains valid machine account credentials — for example by abusing certificate-based authentication (PKINIT) to impersonate a DC after exploiting a CA vulnerability such as CVE-2026-54121 (Certighost), where a temporary machine account is created to request a DC certificate and then used to perform DCSync — they can dump all domain credential material including the krbtgt hash. ' references: - https://twitter.com/gentilkiwi/status/1003236624925413376 - https://gist.github.com/gentilkiwi/dcc132457408cf11ad2061340dcb53c2 - https://blog.blacklanternsecurity.com/p/detecting-dcsync?s=r - https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/previous-versions/windows/it-pro/windows-10/security/threat-protection/auditing/event-4662 - https://github.com/aniqfakhrul/CVE-2026-54121 author: Benjamin Delpy, Florian Roth (Nextron Systems), Scott Dermett, Sorina Ionescu date: 2018-06-03 modified: 2026-07-30 tags: - attack.credential-access - attack.s0002 - attack.t1003.006 - cve.2026-54121 logsource: product: windows service: security definition: 'Requirements: A SACL must be configured on the domain NC root object (e.g. DC=domain,DC=com) to generate Event 4662. Add via ADSI Edit: navigate to the domain NC root → Properties → Security → Advanced → Auditing → add an ACE for Everyone, Type: Success, Applies to: This object only, rights: DS-Replication-Get-Changes and DS-Replication-Get-Changes-All. The OS audit subcategory must also be enabled: auditpol /set /subcategory:"Directory Service Access" /success:enable ' detection: selection: EventID: 4662 Properties|contains: - 1131f6ad-9c07-11d1-f79f-00c04fc2dcd2 - 1131f6aa-9c07-11d1-f79f-00c04fc2dcd2 - 9923a32a-3607-11d2-b9be-0000f87a36b2 - 89e95b76-444d-4c62-991a-0facbeda640c SubjectUserName|endswith: $ filter_main_subject_usersid: SubjectUserSid|startswith: S-1-5-18 condition: selection and not 1 of filter_main_* falsepositives: - Valid DC Sync that is not covered by the filters; please report level: medium
Near-miss passage: Sigma rule: Detects a network connection initiated by the certutil.exe utility. Attackers can abuse the utility in order to download. Logsource: windows / network_connection. Rule: title: Uncommon Network Connection Initiated By Certutil.EXE id: 0dba975d-a193-4ed1-a067-424df57570d1 status: test description: 'Detects a network connection initiated by the certutil.exe utility. Attackers can abuse the utility in order to download malware or additional payloads. ' references: - https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-server/administration/windows-commands/certutil author: frack113, Florian Roth (Nextron Systems) date: 2022-09-02 modified: 2024-05-31 tags: - attack.command-and-control - attack.t1105 logsource: category: network_connection product: windows detection: selection: Image|endswith: \certutil.exe Initiated: 'true' DestinationPort: - 80 - 135 - 443 - 445 condition: selection falsepositives: - Unknown level: high