Detection: Windows AD Object Owner Updated

Description

AD Object Owner Updated. The owner provides Full control level privileges over the target AD Object. This event has significant impact alone and is also a precursor activity for hiding an AD object.

 1`wineventlog_security` EventCode=5136 
 2| stats min(_time) as _time values(eval(if(OperationType=="%%14675",AttributeValue,null))) as old_value values(eval(if(OperationType=="%%14674",AttributeValue,null))) as new_value values(OperationType) as OperationType by ObjectClass ObjectDN OpCorrelationID src_user SubjectLogonId DSName 
 3| rex field=old_value "O:(?P<old_owner>.*?)G:" 
 4| rex field=new_value "O:(?P<new_owner>.*?)G:" 
 5| where old_owner!=new_owner ``` optional SID resolution lookups 
 6| lookup identity_lookup_expanded objectSid as new_owner OUTPUT downLevelDomainName as new_owner_user 
 7| lookup admon_groups_def objectSid as new_owner OUTPUT cn as new_owner_group 
 8| lookup identity_lookup_expanded objectSid as old_owner OUTPUT downLevelDomainName as old_owner_user 
 9| lookup admon_groups_def objectSid as old_owner OUTPUT cn as old_owner_group ``` 
10| lookup builtin_groups_lookup builtin_group_string  as new_owner_group OUTPUT builtin_group_name as new_owner_group_builtin_group 
11| lookup builtin_groups_lookup builtin_group_string  as old_owner OUTPUT builtin_group_name as old_owner_group_builtin_group 
12| eval user=coalesce(new_owner_user, new_owner_group, new_owner_group_builtin_group, new_owner), previousOwner=coalesce(old_owner_user, old_owner_group, old_owner_group_builtin_group, old_owner) 
13| stats values(previousOwner) as previousOwner values(user) as user values(SubjectLogonId) as SubjectLogonId by _time ObjectClass ObjectDN src_user OpCorrelationID DSName 
14| `windows_ad_object_owner_updated_filter`

Data Source

Name Platform Sourcetype Source Supported App
N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A

Macros Used

Name Value
wineventlog_security eventtype=wineventlog_security OR Channel=security OR source=XmlWinEventLog:Security
windows_ad_object_owner_updated_filter search *
windows_ad_object_owner_updated_filter is an empty macro by default. It allows the user to filter out any results (false positives) without editing the SPL.

Annotations

- MITRE ATT&CK
+ Kill Chain Phases
+ NIST
+ CIS
- Threat Actors
ID Technique Tactic
T1484 Domain or Tenant Policy Modification Defense Evasion
T1222 File and Directory Permissions Modification Privilege Escalation
T1222.001 Windows File and Directory Permissions Modification Defense Evasion
KillChainPhase.EXPLOITAITON
NistCategory.DE_CM
Cis18Value.CIS_10
Wizard Spider

Default Configuration

This detection is configured by default in Splunk Enterprise Security to run with the following settings:

Setting Value
Disabled true
Cron Schedule 0 * * * *
Earliest Time -70m@m
Latest Time -10m@m
Schedule Window auto
Creates Notable Yes
Rule Title %name%
Rule Description %description%
Notable Event Fields user, dest
Creates Risk Event True
This configuration file applies to all detections of type TTP. These detections will use Risk Based Alerting and generate Notable Events.

Implementation

Ensure you are ingesting Active Directory audit logs - specifically event 5136. See lantern article in references for further on how to onboard AD audit data. Ensure the wineventlog_security macro is configured with the correct indexes and include lookups for SID resolution if evt_resolve_ad_obj is set to 0.

Known False Positives

Unknown

Associated Analytic Story

Risk Based Analytics (RBA)

Risk Message Risk Score Impact Confidence
$src_user$ has made $user$ the owner of AD object $ObjectDN$ 100 100 100
The Risk Score is calculated by the following formula: Risk Score = (Impact * Confidence/100). Initial Confidence and Impact is set by the analytic author.

References

Detection Testing

Test Type Status Dataset Source Sourcetype
Validation Passing N/A N/A N/A
Unit Passing Dataset XmlWinEventLog:Security xmlwineventlog
Integration ✅ Passing Dataset XmlWinEventLog:Security xmlwineventlog

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Source: GitHub | Version: 2