Password Spraying via Explicit Credentials

calendar Apr 21, 2023 · attack.t1110.003 attack.initial_access attack.privilege_escalation  ·
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Detects a single user failing to authenticate to multiple users using explicit credentials.

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 1title: Password Spraying via Explicit Credentials
 2id: 196a29c2-e378-48d8-ba07-8a9e61f7fab9
 3status: unsupported
 4description: Detects a single user failing to authenticate to multiple users using explicit credentials.
 5references:
 6    - https://docs.splunk.com/Documentation/ESSOC/3.22.0/stories/UseCase#Active_directory_password_spraying
 7author: Mauricio Velazco, Zach Mathis
 8date: 2021/06/01
 9modified: 2023/02/24
10tags:
11    - attack.t1110.003
12    - attack.initial_access
13    - attack.privilege_escalation
14logsource:
15    product: windows
16    service: security
17detection:
18    selection:
19        EventID: 4648
20    filter:
21        SubjectUserName|endswith: '$' # There will be much noise from computer accounts to UMFD-0, DWM-1, etc...
22    timeframe: 1h
23    condition: selection and not filter | count(TargetUserName) by SubjectUserName > 10
24falsepositives:
25    - Terminal servers
26    - Jump servers
27    - Other multiuser systems like Citrix server farms
28    - Workstations with frequently changing users
29level: medium

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