Uncommon Outbound Kerberos Connection

Detects uncommon outbound network activity via Kerberos default port indicating possible lateral movement or first stage PrivEsc via delegation.

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 1title: Uncommon Outbound Kerberos Connection
 2id: e54979bd-c5f9-4d6c-967b-a04b19ac4c74
 3related:
 4    - id: eca91c7c-9214-47b9-b4c5-cb1d7e4f2350
 5      type: similar
 6status: test
 7description: |
 8        Detects uncommon outbound network activity via Kerberos default port indicating possible lateral movement or first stage PrivEsc via delegation.
 9references:
10    - https://github.com/GhostPack/Rubeus
11author: Ilyas Ochkov, oscd.community
12date: 2019-10-24
13modified: 2024-03-15
14tags:
15    - attack.credential-access
16    - attack.t1558
17    - attack.lateral-movement
18    - attack.t1550.003
19logsource:
20    category: network_connection
21    product: windows
22detection:
23    selection:
24        DestinationPort: 88
25        Initiated: 'true'
26    filter_main_lsass:
27        Image: 'C:\Windows\System32\lsass.exe'
28    filter_optional_chrome:
29        Image:
30            - 'C:\Program Files (x86)\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe'
31            - 'C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe'
32    filter_optional_firefox:
33        Image:
34            - 'C:\Program Files (x86)\Mozilla Firefox\firefox.exe'
35            - 'C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\firefox.exe'
36    filter_optional_tomcat:
37        Image|endswith: '\tomcat\bin\tomcat8.exe'
38    condition: selection and not 1 of filter_main_* and not 1 of filter_optional_*
39falsepositives:
40    - Web Browsers and third party application might generate similar activity. An initial baseline is required.
41level: medium

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