Kerberos Preauthentication Disabled for User

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Kerberos Preauthentication Disabled for User

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Identifies the modification of account Kerberos preauthentication options. An adversary with GenericWrite/GenericAll rights over the account can maliciously modify these settings to perform offline password cracking attacks such as AS-REP roasting.

Rule type: query

Rule indices:

  • winlogbeat-*
  • logs-windows.*
  • logs-system.*

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:

Tags:

  • Elastic
  • Host
  • Windows
  • Threat Detection
  • Credential Access

Version: 1

Rule authors:

  • Elastic

Rule license: Elastic License v2

Investigation guide

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## Config

The 'Audit User Account Management' logging policy must be configured for (Success, Failure).
Steps to implement the logging policy with Advanced Audit Configuration:

```
Computer Configuration >
Policies >
Windows Settings >
Security Settings >
Advanced Audit Policies Configuration >
Audit Policies >
Account Management >
Audit User Account Management (Success,Failure)
```

Rule query

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event.code:4738 and message:"'Don't Require Preauth' - Enabled"

Framework: MITRE ATT&CKTM