Uncommon Outbound Kerberos Connection

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About the rule

Rule Type

Standard

Rule Description

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

Severity

Trouble

Rule Requirement

Criteria

Action1: actionname = "sa_network_connection" AND (DEST_PORT = 88 AND IS_INITIATED = "true") AND PROCESSNAME != "C:\Windows\System32\lsass.exe" AND (PROCESSNAME != "C:\Program Files (x86)\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe,C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe" AND PROCESSNAME != "C:\Program Files (x86)\Mozilla Firefox\firefox.exe,C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\firefox.exe" AND PROCESSNAME notendswith "\tomcat\bin\tomcat8.exe") select Action1.HOSTNAME,Action1.MESSAGE,Action1.USERNAME,Action1.PROCESSNAME,Action1.DESTINATIONHOST,Action1.DESTINATION_IPV6,Action1.DEST_IP,Action1.SOURCEHOST,Action1.SOURCE_IP,Action1.SOURCE_IPV6

Detection

Execution Mode

realtime

Log Sources

Windows

Author

Ilyas Ochkov, oscd.community