DirectorySearcher Powershell Exploitation

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About the rule

Rule Type

Standard

Rule Description

Enumerates Active Directory to determine computers that are joined to the domain

Severity

Trouble

Rule Requirement

Criteria

Action1: actionname = "PowerShell Script Block Logged" AND SCRIPTEXECUTED contains "New-Object " AND SCRIPTEXECUTED contains "System.DirectoryServices.DirectorySearcher" AND SCRIPTEXECUTED contains ".PropertiesToLoad.Add" AND SCRIPTEXECUTED contains ".findall()" AND SCRIPTEXECUTED contains "Properties.name" select Action1.HOSTNAME,Action1.MESSAGE,Action1.SCRIPTEXECUTED

Detection

Execution Mode

realtime

Log Sources

Active Directory

Author

frack113