Sigma rule: Potential SPN Enumeration Via Setspn.EXE

Rule

Title

Potential SPN Enumeration Via Setspn.EXE

Status

test

Level

medium

Author

Markus Neis, keepwatch

Date

2018-11-14

Modified

2023-10-23

File

rules/windows/process_creation/proc_creation_win_setspn_spn_enumeration.yml

Commit

ccbb0369507f796db0b0ae6854c8a2be471b9d84

Detects service principal name (SPN) enumeration used for Kerberoasting

Log source

product

windows

category

process_creation

Detection

selection_pe:
    - Image|endswith: '\setspn.exe'
    - OriginalFileName: 'setspn.exe'
    - Description|contains|all:
          - 'Query or reset the computer'
          - 'SPN attribute'
selection_cli:
    CommandLine|contains:
        - ' -q '
        - ' /q '
condition: all of selection_*

False positives (as the rule lists them)

• Administration activity

Tags

• attack.credential-access
• attack.t1558.003

MITRE ATT&CK ids this rule names

• T1558.003

References

• https://web.archive.org/web/20200329173843/https://p16.praetorian.com/blog/how-to-use-kerberoasting-t1208-for-privilege-escalation
• https://www.praetorian.com/blog/how-to-use-kerberoasting-t1208-for-privilege-escalation/?edition=2019

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/process_creation/proc_creation_win_setspn_spn_enumeration.yml