Suspicious Computer Account Name Change CVE-2021-42287

Detects the renaming of an existing computer account to a account name that doesn't contain a $ symbol as seen in attacks against CVE-2021-42287

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 1title: Suspicious Computer Account Name Change CVE-2021-42287
 2id: 45eb2ae2-9aa2-4c3a-99a5-6e5077655466
 3status: test
 4description: Detects the renaming of an existing computer account to a account name that doesn't contain a $ symbol as seen in attacks against CVE-2021-42287
 5references:
 6    - https://medium.com/@mvelazco/hunting-for-samaccountname-spoofing-cve-2021-42287-and-domain-controller-impersonation-f704513c8a45
 7author: Florian Roth (Nextron Systems)
 8date: 2021/12/22
 9modified: 2022/12/25
10tags:
11    - cve.2021.42287
12    - detection.emerging_threats
13    - attack.defense_evasion
14    - attack.persistence
15    - attack.t1036
16    - attack.t1098
17logsource:
18    product: windows
19    service: security
20detection:
21    selection:
22        EventID: 4781 # rename user
23        OldTargetUserName|contains: '$'
24    filter:
25        NewTargetUserName|contains: '$'
26    condition: selection and not filter
27falsepositives:
28    - Unknown
29fields:
30    - EventID
31    - SubjectUserName
32level: high

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