Name:Windows Password Policy Discovery with Net id:e52f7865-be78-46bf-b7ed-150fbe447613 version:1 date:2025-01-13 author:Teoderick Contreras, Mauricio Velazco, Nasreddine Bencherchali, Splunk status:production type:Hunting Description:The following analytic identifies the execution of `net.exe` with command line arguments aimed at obtaining the computer or domain password policy. It leverages data from Endpoint Detection and Response (EDR) agents, focusing on process names and command-line executions. This activity is significant as it indicates potential reconnaissance efforts by adversaries to gather information about Active Directory password policies. If confirmed malicious, this behavior could allow attackers to understand password complexity requirements, aiding in brute-force or password-guessing attacks, ultimately compromising user accounts and gaining unauthorized access to the network. Data_source:
-Sysmon EventID 1
-Windows Event Log Security 4688
-CrowdStrike ProcessRollup2
search:| tstats `security_content_summariesonly` count min(_time) as firstTime max(_time) as lastTime from datamodel=Endpoint.Processes where `process_net` AND Processes.process = "*accounts*" AND NOT Processes.process IN ("*/FORCELOGOFF*", "*/MINPWLEN*", "*/MAXPWAGE*", "*/MINPWAGE*", "*/UNIQUEPW*") by Processes.dest Processes.user Processes.parent_process Processes.process_name Processes.process Processes.process_id Processes.parent_process_id Processes.parent_process_name | `drop_dm_object_name(Processes)` | `security_content_ctime(firstTime)` | `security_content_ctime(lastTime)` | `windows_password_policy_discovery_with_net_filter`
how_to_implement:The detection is based on data that originates from Endpoint Detection and Response (EDR) agents. These agents are designed to provide security-related telemetry from the endpoints where the agent is installed. To implement this search, you must ingest logs that contain the process GUID, process name, and parent process. Additionally, you must ingest complete command-line executions. These logs must be processed using the appropriate Splunk Technology Add-ons that are specific to the EDR product. The logs must also be mapped to the `Processes` node of the `Endpoint` data model. Use the Splunk Common Information Model (CIM) to normalize the field names and speed up the data modeling process. known_false_positives:Administrators or power users may use this command for troubleshooting. References: -https://github.com/S1ckB0y1337/Active-Directory-Exploitation-Cheat-Sheet drilldown_searches:
: tags: analytic_story: - 'Active Directory Discovery' asset_type:Endpoint mitre_attack_id: - 'T1201' product: - 'Splunk Enterprise' - 'Splunk Enterprise Security' - 'Splunk Cloud' security_domain:endpoint
