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Id875d0eb1-883a-4191-bd0e-dbfdeb95a464
RulenameService Principal Name (SPN) Assigned to User Account
DescriptionThis query identifies whether an Active Directory user object was assigned a service principal name which could indicate that an adversary is preparing for performing Kerberoasting.

This query checks for event id 5136, that the Object Class field is “user” and the LDAP Display Name is “servicePrincipalName”.

Ref: https://thevivi.net/assets/docs/2019/theVIVI-AD-Security-Workshop_AfricaHackon2019.pdf
SeverityMedium
TacticsPrivilegeEscalation
TechniquesT1134
Required data connectorsSecurityEvents
KindScheduled
Query frequency1h
Query period1h
Trigger threshold0
Trigger operatorgt
Source Urihttps://github.com/Azure/Azure-Sentinel/blob/master/Detections/SecurityEvent/UserPrincipalNameAssignedToUserAccount.yaml
Version1.0.4
Arm template875d0eb1-883a-4191-bd0e-dbfdeb95a464.json
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SecurityEvent
| where EventID == 5136 
| parse EventData with * 'AttributeLDAPDisplayName">' AttributeLDAPDisplayName "<" *
| parse EventData with * 'ObjectClass">' ObjectClass "<" *
| where AttributeLDAPDisplayName == "servicePrincipalName" and  ObjectClass == "user"
| parse EventData with * 'ObjectDN">' ObjectDN "<" *
| parse EventData with * 'AttributeValue">' AttributeValue "<" *
| summarize StartTime = min(TimeGenerated), EndTime = max(TimeGenerated) by Computer, SubjectAccount, ObjectDN, AttributeValue, SubjectUserName, SubjectDomainName, SubjectUserSid
| extend HostName = tostring(split(Computer, ".")[0]), DomainIndex = toint(indexof(Computer, '.'))
| extend HostNameDomain = iff(DomainIndex != -1, substring(Computer, DomainIndex + 1), Computer)
| project-away DomainIndex
entityMappings:
- entityType: Account
  fieldMappings:
  - identifier: FullName
    columnName: SubjectAccount
  - identifier: Name
    columnName: SubjectUserName
  - identifier: NTDomain
    columnName: SubjectDomainName
- entityType: Account
  fieldMappings:
  - identifier: Sid
    columnName: SubjectUserSid
- entityType: Host
  fieldMappings:
  - identifier: FullName
    columnName: Computer
  - identifier: HostName
    columnName: HostName
  - identifier: NTDomain
    columnName: HostNameDomain
name: Service Principal Name (SPN) Assigned to User Account
kind: Scheduled
queryFrequency: 1h
triggerOperator: gt
queryPeriod: 1h
requiredDataConnectors:
- connectorId: SecurityEvents
  dataTypes:
  - SecurityEvent
tactics:
- PrivilegeEscalation
description: |
  'This query identifies whether an Active Directory user object was assigned a service principal name which could indicate that an adversary is preparing for performing Kerberoasting. 
  This query checks for event id 5136, that the Object Class field is "user" and the LDAP Display Name is "servicePrincipalName".
  Ref: https://thevivi.net/assets/docs/2019/theVIVI-AD-Security-Workshop_AfricaHackon2019.pdf'
severity: Medium
id: 875d0eb1-883a-4191-bd0e-dbfdeb95a464
metadata:
  author:
    name: Vasileios Paschalidis
  categories:
    domains:
    - Security - Others
    - Identity
  source:
    kind: Community
  support:
    tier: Community
triggerThreshold: 0
query: |
  SecurityEvent
  | where EventID == 5136 
  | parse EventData with * 'AttributeLDAPDisplayName">' AttributeLDAPDisplayName "<" *
  | parse EventData with * 'ObjectClass">' ObjectClass "<" *
  | where AttributeLDAPDisplayName == "servicePrincipalName" and  ObjectClass == "user"
  | parse EventData with * 'ObjectDN">' ObjectDN "<" *
  | parse EventData with * 'AttributeValue">' AttributeValue "<" *
  | summarize StartTime = min(TimeGenerated), EndTime = max(TimeGenerated) by Computer, SubjectAccount, ObjectDN, AttributeValue, SubjectUserName, SubjectDomainName, SubjectUserSid
  | extend HostName = tostring(split(Computer, ".")[0]), DomainIndex = toint(indexof(Computer, '.'))
  | extend HostNameDomain = iff(DomainIndex != -1, substring(Computer, DomainIndex + 1), Computer)
  | project-away DomainIndex
OriginalUri: https://github.com/Azure/Azure-Sentinel/blob/master/Detections/SecurityEvent/UserPrincipalNameAssignedToUserAccount.yaml
version: 1.0.4
relevantTechniques:
- T1134
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            "entityType": "Account",
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              },
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                "identifier": "Name"
              },
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                "columnName": "SubjectDomainName",
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              }
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              },
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              },
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                "columnName": "HostNameDomain",
                "identifier": "NTDomain"
              }
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}