PUA - PingCastle Execution From Potentially Suspicious Parent

calendar Aug 12, 2024 · attack.reconnaissance attack.t1595  ·
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Detects the execution of PingCastle, a tool designed to quickly assess the Active Directory security level via a script located in a potentially suspicious or uncommon location.

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 1title: PUA - PingCastle Execution From Potentially Suspicious Parent
 2id: b37998de-a70b-4f33-b219-ec36bf433dc0
 3related:
 4    - id: b1cb4ab6-ac31-43f4-adf1-d9d08957419c
 5      type: derived
 6status: experimental
 7description: |
 8        Detects the execution of PingCastle, a tool designed to quickly assess the Active Directory security level via a script located in a potentially suspicious or uncommon location.
 9references:
10    - https://github.com/vletoux/pingcastle
11    - https://thedfirreport.com/2023/10/30/netsupport-intrusion-results-in-domain-compromise/
12    - https://github.com/fengjixuchui/Start-ADEnum/blob/e237a739db98b6104427d833004836507da36a58/Functions/Start-ADEnum.ps1#L450
13    - https://github.com/lkys37en/Start-ADEnum/blob/5b42c54215fe5f57fc59abc52c20487d15764005/Functions/Start-ADEnum.ps1#L680
14    - https://github.com/projectHULK/AD_Recon/blob/dde2daba9b3393a9388cbebda87068972cc0bd3b/SecurityAssessment.ps1#L2699
15    - https://github.com/802-1x/Compliance/blob/2e53df8b6e89686a0b91116b3f42c8f717dca820/Ping%20Castle/Get-PingCastle-HTMLComplianceReport.ps1#L8
16    - https://github.com/EvotecIT/TheDashboard/blob/481a9ce8f82f2fd55fe65220ee6486bae6df0c9d/Examples/RunReports/PingCastle.ps1
17author: Nasreddine Bencherchali (Nextron Systems), X__Junior (Nextron Systems)
18date: 2024-01-11
19tags:
20    - attack.reconnaissance
21    - attack.t1595
22logsource:
23    category: process_creation
24    product: windows
25detection:
26    selection_parent_ext:
27        ParentCommandLine|contains:
28            - '.bat'
29            - '.chm'
30            - '.cmd'
31            - '.hta'
32            - '.htm'
33            - '.html'
34            - '.js'
35            - '.lnk'
36            - '.ps1'
37            - '.vbe'
38            - '.vbs'
39            - '.wsf'
40    selection_parent_path_1:
41        ParentCommandLine|contains:
42            - ':\Perflogs\'
43            - ':\Temp\'
44            - ':\Users\Public\'
45            - ':\Windows\Temp\'
46            - '\AppData\Local\Temp'
47            - '\AppData\Roaming\'
48            - '\Temporary Internet'
49    selection_parent_path_2:
50        - ParentCommandLine|contains|all:
51              - ':\Users\'
52              - '\Favorites\'
53        - ParentCommandLine|contains|all:
54              - ':\Users\'
55              - '\Favourites\'
56        - ParentCommandLine|contains|all:
57              - ':\Users\'
58              - '\Contacts\'
59    selection_cli:
60        - Image|endswith: '\PingCastle.exe'
61        - OriginalFileName: PingCastle.exe
62        - Product: 'Ping Castle'
63        - CommandLine|contains:
64              - '--scanner aclcheck'
65              - '--scanner antivirus'
66              - '--scanner computerversion'
67              - '--scanner foreignusers'
68              - '--scanner laps_bitlocker'
69              - '--scanner localadmin'
70              - '--scanner nullsession'
71              - '--scanner nullsession-trust'
72              - '--scanner oxidbindings'
73              - '--scanner remote'
74              - '--scanner share'
75              - '--scanner smb'
76              - '--scanner smb3querynetwork'
77              - '--scanner spooler'
78              - '--scanner startup'
79              - '--scanner zerologon'
80        - CommandLine|contains: '--no-enum-limit'
81        - CommandLine|contains|all:
82              - '--healthcheck'
83              - '--level Full'
84        - CommandLine|contains|all:
85              - '--healthcheck'
86              - '--server '
87    condition: 1 of selection_parent_* and selection_parent_ext and selection_cli
88falsepositives:
89    - Unknown
90level: high

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