sigmamediumHunting

Password Policy Enumerated

Detects when the password policy is enumerated.

MITRE ATT&CK

discovery

Detection Query

selection:
  EventID: 4661
  AccessList|contains: "%%5392"
  ObjectServer: Security Account Manager
condition: selection

Author

Zach Mathis

Created

2023-05-19

Data Sources

windowssecurity

Platforms

windows

References

Tags

attack.discoveryattack.t1201

Raw Content

title: Password Policy Enumerated
id: 12ba6a38-adb3-4d6b-91ba-a7fb248e3199
status: test
description: Detects when the password policy is enumerated.
references:
    - https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/previous-versions/windows/it-pro/windows-10/security/threat-protection/auditing/event-4661
    - https://github.com/jpalanco/alienvault-ossim/blob/f74359c0c027e42560924b5cff25cdf121e5505a/os-sim/agent/src/ParserUtil.py#L951
author: Zach Mathis
date: 2023-05-19
tags:
    - attack.discovery
    - attack.t1201
logsource:
    product: windows
    service: security
    definition: dfd8c0f4-e6ad-4e07-b91b-f2fca0ddef64
detection:
    selection:
        EventID: 4661 # A handle to an object was requested.
        AccessList|contains: '%%5392' # ReadPasswordParameters
        ObjectServer: 'Security Account Manager'
    condition: selection
level: medium