Disabled RestrictedAdminMode For RDS

calendar Oct 28, 2023 · attack.defense_evasion attack.t1112  ·
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Detect activation of DisableRestrictedAdmin to disable RestrictedAdmin mode. RestrictedAdmin mode prevents the transmission of reusable credentials to the remote system to which you connect using Remote Desktop. This prevents your credentials from being harvested during the initial connection process if the remote server has been compromise

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 1title: Disabled RestrictedAdminMode For RDS
 2id: d6ce7ebd-260b-4323-9768-a9631c8d4db2
 3related:
 4    - id: 28ac00d6-22d9-4a3c-927f-bbd770104573 # process_creation
 5      type: similar
 6status: experimental
 7description: |
 8    Detect activation of DisableRestrictedAdmin to disable RestrictedAdmin mode.
 9    RestrictedAdmin mode prevents the transmission of reusable credentials to the remote system to which you connect using Remote Desktop.
10    This prevents your credentials from being harvested during the initial connection process if the remote server has been compromise    
11references:
12    - https://github.com/redcanaryco/atomic-red-team/blob/a8e3cf63e97b973a25903d3df9fd55da6252e564/atomics/T1112/T1112.md
13    - https://social.technet.microsoft.com/wiki/contents/articles/32905.remote-desktop-services-enable-restricted-admin-mode.aspx
14author: frack113
15date: 2023/01/13
16modified: 2023/08/17
17tags:
18    - attack.defense_evasion
19    - attack.t1112
20logsource:
21    product: windows
22    category: registry_set
23detection:
24    selection:
25        TargetObject|endswith: 'System\CurrentControlSet\Control\Lsa\DisableRestrictedAdmin'
26        Details: 'DWORD (0x00000001)'
27    condition: selection
28falsepositives:
29    - Unknown
30level: high

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