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Possible DC Shadow Attack

Detects DCShadow via create new SPN

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Detection logic

selection1

EventID: 4742
ServicePrincipalNames|contains: GC/

selection2

EventID: 5136
AttributeLDAPDisplayName: servicePrincipalName
AttributeValue|startswith: GC/

Condition

1 of selection*

Raw YAML

title: Possible DC Shadow Attack
id: 32e19d25-4aed-4860-a55a-be99cb0bf7ed
related:
    - id: 611eab06-a145-4dfa-a295-3ccc5c20f59a
      type: derived
status: test
description: Detects DCShadow via create new SPN
references:
    - https://twitter.com/gentilkiwi/status/1003236624925413376
    - https://gist.github.com/gentilkiwi/dcc132457408cf11ad2061340dcb53c2
    - https://web.archive.org/web/20180203014709/https://blog.alsid.eu/dcshadow-explained-4510f52fc19d?gi=c426ac876c48
author: Ilyas Ochkov, oscd.community, Chakib Gzenayi (@Chak092), Hosni Mribah
date: 2019-10-25
modified: 2022-10-17
tags:
    - attack.credential-access
    - attack.defense-impairment
    - attack.t1207
logsource:
    product: windows
    service: security
    definition: The "Audit Directory Service Changes" logging policy must be configured in order to receive events. Audit events are generated only for objects with configured system access control lists (SACLs). Audit events are generated only for objects with configured system access control lists (SACLs) and only when accessed in a manner that matches their SACL settings. This policy covers the following events ids - 5136, 5137, 5138, 5139, 5141. Note that the default policy does not cover User objects. For that a custom AuditRule need to be setup (See https://github.com/OTRF/Set-AuditRule)
detection:
    selection1:
        EventID: 4742
        ServicePrincipalNames|contains: 'GC/'
    selection2:
        EventID: 5136
        AttributeLDAPDisplayName: servicePrincipalName
        AttributeValue|startswith: 'GC/'
    condition: 1 of selection*
falsepositives:
    - Valid on domain controllers; exclude known DCs
level: medium

False positives

  • Valid on domain controllers; exclude known DCs

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