Potential Pass-the-Hash (PtH) Attempt

Adversaries may pass the hash using stolen password hashes to move laterally within an environment, bypassing normal system access controls. Pass the hash (PtH) is a method of authenticating as a user without having access to the user’s cleartext password.

Rule type: new_terms

Rule indices:

winlogbeat-*
logs-windows.*
logs-system.security*

Severity: medium

Risk score: 47

Runs every: 5m

Searches indices from: now-9m (Date Math format, see also Additional look-back time)

Maximum alerts per execution: 100

References:

https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1550/002/

Tags:

Domain: Endpoint
OS: Windows
Use Case: Threat Detection
Tactic: Lateral Movement
Data Source: System

Version: 4

Rule authors:

Elastic

Rule license: Elastic License v2

Rule query

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host.os.type:"windows" and
event.category : "authentication" and event.action : "logged-in" and
winlog.logon.type : "NewCredentials" and event.outcome : "success" and
user.id : (S-1-5-21-* or S-1-12-1-*) and winlog.event_data.LogonProcessName : "seclogo"

Framework: MITRE ATT&CK^TM

Tactic:
- Name: Lateral Movement
- ID: TA0008
- Reference URL: https://attack.mitre.org/tactics/TA0008/
Technique:
- Name: Use Alternate Authentication Material
- ID: T1550
- Reference URL: https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1550/
Sub-technique:
- Name: Pass the Hash
- ID: T1550.002
- Reference URL: https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1550/002/

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