Sigma rule: Zerologon Exploitation Using Well-known Tools

A detection rule from the SigmaHQ repository, shown as its author published it. Dataset version ref-ecd84cffabf9, updated 2021-05-30T00:00:00.000Z.

Rule

Title
Zerologon Exploitation Using Well-known Tools
Status
stable
Level
critical
Author
Demyan Sokolin @_drd0c, Teymur Kheirkhabarov @HeirhabarovT, oscd.community
Date
2020-10-13
Modified
2021-05-30
File
rules/windows/builtin/system/netlogon/win_system_possible_zerologon_exploitation_using_wellknown_tools.yml
Commit
ccbb0369507f796db0b0ae6854c8a2be471b9d84

This rule is designed to detect attempts to exploit Zerologon (CVE-2020-1472) vulnerability using mimikatz zerologon module or other exploits from machine with "kali" hostname.

Log source

product
windows
service
system

Detection

selection:
    EventID:
        - 5805
        - 5723
keywords:
    - kali
    - mimikatz
condition: selection and keywords

Tags

  • attack.t1210
  • attack.lateral-movement

MITRE ATT&CK ids this rule names

References

Read on 2026-11-03T00:58:21.399Z under licence sigma-drl-1.1@d5f4c36a from https://github.com/SigmaHQ/sigma/blob/ccbb0369507f796db0b0ae6854c8a2be471b9d84/rules/windows/builtin/system/netlogon/win_system_possible_zerologon_exploitation_using_wellknown_tools.yml

Sources and licences

  • SigmaHQ

    "Zerologon Exploitation Using Well-known Tools" by Demyan Sokolin @_drd0c, Teymur Kheirkhabarov @HeirhabarovT, oscd.community (SigmaHQ). Rule: https://github.com/SigmaHQ/sigma/blob/ccbb0369507f796db0b0ae6854c8a2be471b9d84/rules/windows/builtin/system/netlogon/win_system_possible_zerologon_exploitation_using_wellknown_tools.yml.
    Licensed under the Detection Rule License (DRL) 1.1: https://github.com/SigmaHQ/Detection-Rule-License

    Detection Rule License (DRL) 1.1

Cite this page

Dragons Eye Ransomware Tracker, "Sigma rule: Zerologon Exploitation Using Well-known Tools",
entity page, dataset version ref-ecd84cffabf9, updated 2021-05-30T00:00:00.000Z,
https://ransomware-tracker.com/detections/sigma/18f37338-b9bd-4117-a039-280c81f7a596 (accessed 2026-11-03).
Underlying source: SigmaHQ rule 18f37338-b9bd-4117-a039-280c81f7a596, commit ccbb0369507f796db0b0ae6854c8a2be471b9d84.

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