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KrbRelayUp Service Installation

Severity
high
Author
Sittikorn S, Tim Shelton
Source
upstream

Detects service creation from KrbRelayUp tool used for privilege escalation in Windows domain environments where LDAP signing is not enforced (the default settings)

MITRE ATT&CK coverage

TacticTechniques
PersistenceT1543 Create or Modify System Process
Privilege EscalationT1543 Create or Modify System Process

Event coverage

ProviderEvent IDTitle
Service-Control-Manager7045

Stages and Predicates

Stage 1: selection

ServiceName: KrbSCM

Indicators

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FieldKindValues
ServiceNameeq
  • KrbSCM

Neighbors

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