Potential Active Directory Enumeration Using AD Module - ProcCreation

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About the rule

Rule Type

Standard

Rule Description

Detects usage of the "Import-Module" cmdlet to load the "Microsoft.ActiveDirectory.Management.dl" DLL. Which is often used by attackers to perform AD enumeration.

Severity

Trouble

Rule Requirement

Criteria

Action1: actionname = "Process started" AND (PROCESSNAME endswith "\powershell.exe,\pwsh.exe" OR ORIGINALFILENAME = "PowerShell.EXE,pwsh.dll") AND COMMANDLINE contains "Import-Module ,ipmo " AND COMMANDLINE contains "Microsoft.ActiveDirectory.Management.dll" select Action1.HOSTNAME,Action1.MESSAGE,Action1.COMMANDLINE,Action1.FILE_NAME,Action1.PROCESSNAME,Action1.USERNAME,Action1.PARENTPROCESSNAME

Detection

Execution Mode

realtime

Log Sources

Active Directory

Author

frack113