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Kerberos Traffic from Unusual Process
Identifies network connections to the standard Kerberos port from an unusual process. On Windows, the only process that normally performs Kerberos traffic from a domain joined host is lsass.exe.
Detection Logic
network where host.os.type == "windows" and event.type == "start" and network.direction == "egress" and
destination.port == 88 and source.port >= 49152 and process.pid != 4 and destination.address : "*" and
not
(
process.executable : (
"\\device\\harddiskvolume?\\program files (x86)\\nmap\\nmap.exe",
"\\device\\harddiskvolume?\\program files (x86)\\nmap oem\\nmap.exe",
"\\device\\harddiskvolume?\\windows\\system32\\lsass.exe",
"?:\\Program Files\\Amazon Corretto\\jdk1*\\bin\\java.exe",
"?:\\Program Files\\BlackBerry\\UEM\\Proxy Server\\bin\\prunsrv.exe",
"?:\\Program Files\\BlackBerry\\UEM\\Core\\tomcat-core\\bin\\tomcat9.exe",
"?:\\Program Files\\DBeaver\\dbeaver.exe",
"?:\\Program Files\\Docker\\Docker\\resources\\com.docker.backend.exe",
"?:\\Program Files\\Docker\\Docker\\resources\\com.docker.vpnkit.exe",
"?:\\Program Files\\Docker\\Docker\\resources\\vpnkit.exe",
"?:\\Program Files\\Google\\Chrome\\Application\\chrome.exe",
"?:\\Program Files\\Internet Explorer\\iexplore.exe",
"?:\\Program Files\\JetBrains\\PyCharm Community Edition*\\bin\\pycharm64.exe",
"?:\\Program Files\\Mozilla Firefox\\firefox.exe",
"?:\\Program Files\\Oracle\\VirtualBox\\VirtualBoxVM.exe",
"?:\\Program Files\\Puppet Labs\\Puppet\\puppet\\bin\\ruby.exe",
"?:\\Program Files\\rapid7\\nexpose\\nse\\.DLLCACHE\\nseserv.exe",
"?:\\Program Files\\Silverfort\\Silverfort AD Adapter\\SilverfortServer.exe",
"?:\\Program Files\\Tenable\\Nessus\\nessusd.exe",
"?:\\Program Files\\VMware\\VMware View\\Server\\bin\\ws_TomcatService.exe",
"?:\\Program Files (x86)\\Advanced Port Scanner\\advanced_port_scanner.exe",
"?:\\Program Files (x86)\\DesktopCentral_Agent\\bin\\dcpatchscan.exe",
"?:\\Program Files (x86)\\GFI\\LanGuard 12 Agent\\lnsscomm.exe",
"?:\\Program Files (x86)\\Google\\Chrome\\Application\\chrome.exe",
"?:\\Program Files (x86)\\Internet Explorer\\iexplore.exe",
"?:\\Program Files (x86)\\Microsoft\\Edge\\Application\\msedge.exe",
"?:\\Program Files (x86)\\Microsoft\\EdgeUpdate\\MicrosoftEdgeUpdate.exe",
"?:\\Program Files (x86)\\Microsoft Silverlight\\sllauncher.exe",
"?:\\Program Files (x86)\\Nmap\\nmap.exe",
"?:\\Program Files (x86)\\Nmap OEM\\nmap.exe",
"?:\\Program Files (x86)\\nwps\\NetScanTools Pro\\NSTPRO.exe",
"?:\\Program Files (x86)\\SAP BusinessObjects\\tomcat\\bin\\tomcat9.exe",
"?:\\Program Files (x86)\\SuperScan\\scanner.exe",
"?:\\Program Files (x86)\\Zscaler\\ZSATunnel\\ZSATunnel.exe",
"?:\\Windows\\System32\\lsass.exe",
"?:\\Windows\\System32\\MicrosoftEdgeCP.exe",
"?:\\Windows\\System32\\svchost.exe",
"?:\\Windows\\SysWOW64\\vmnat.exe",
"?:\\Windows\\SystemApps\\Microsoft.MicrosoftEdge_*\\MicrosoftEdge.exe",
"System"
) and process.code_signature.trusted == true
) and
destination.address != "127.0.0.1" and destination.address != "::1" False Positives
- ⚠ HTTP traffic on a non standard port. Verify that the destination IP address is not related to a Domain Controller.
Field Validations
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