Potential Relay Attack against a Domain Controller

Last updated 10 days ago on 2025-02-21
Created 7 months ago on 2024-07-24

About

Identifies potential relay attacks against a domain controller (DC) by identifying authentication events using the domain controller computer account coming from other hosts to the DC that owns the account. Attackers may relay the DC hash after capturing it using forced authentication.
Tags
Domain: EndpointOS: WindowsUse Case: Threat DetectionTactic: Credential AccessData Source: Elastic DefendData Source: Active DirectoryUse Case: Active Directory MonitoringData Source: Windows Security Event LogsLanguage: eql
Severity
low
Risk Score
21
MITRE ATT&CK™

Credential Access (TA0006)(opens in a new tab or window)

License
Elastic License v2(opens in a new tab or window)

Definition

Rule Type
Event Correlation Rule
Integration Pack
Prebuilt Security Detection Rules
Index Patterns
logs-system.security*logs-windows.forwarded*winlogbeat-*
Related Integrations

system(opens in a new tab or window)

windows(opens in a new tab or window)

Query
authentication where host.os.type == "windows" and event.code in ("4624", "4625") and endswith~(user.name, "$") and
    winlog.event_data.AuthenticationPackageName : "NTLM" and winlog.logon.type : "network" and

    /* Filter for a machine account that matches the hostname */
    startswith~(host.name, substring(user.name, 0, -1)) and

    /* Verify if the Source IP belongs to the host */
    not endswith(string(source.ip), string(host.ip)) and
    source.ip != null and source.ip != "::1" and source.ip != "127.0.0.1"

Install detection rules in Elastic Security

Detect Potential Relay Attack against a Domain Controller in the Elastic Security detection engine by installing this rule into your Elastic Stack.

To setup this rule, check out the installation guide for Prebuilt Security Detection Rules(opens in a new tab or window).