Elastic Security Detection Rules

Potential WPAD Spoofing via DNS Record Creation

Last updated 9 days ago on 2025-01-22
Created 8 months ago on 2024-06-03

About

Identifies the creation of a DNS record that is potentially meant to enable WPAD spoofing. Attackers can disable the Global Query Block List (GQBL) and create a "wpad" record to exploit hosts running WPAD with default settings for privilege escalation and lateral movement.
Tags
Domain: EndpointOS: WindowsUse Case: Threat DetectionTactic: Credential AccessData Source: Active DirectoryUse Case: Active Directory MonitoringData Source: SystemLanguage: eql
Severity
medium
Risk Score
47
MITRE ATT&CK™

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

↳ Adversary-in-the-Middle (T1557)(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
winlogbeat-*logs-system.*logs-windows.*
Related Integrations

system(opens in a new tab or window)

windows(opens in a new tab or window)

Query
any where host.os.type == "windows" and event.code == "5137" and winlog.event_data.ObjectDN : "DC=wpad,*"

Install detection rules in Elastic Security

Detect Potential WPAD Spoofing via DNS Record Creation 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).