Sigma rule: Kerberos Manipulation

A detection rule from the SigmaHQ repository, shown as its author published it. Dataset version ref-c9e1ce9d34c6, updated 2024-01-16T00:00:00.000Z.

Rule

Title
Kerberos Manipulation
Status
test
Level
high
Author
Florian Roth (Nextron Systems)
Date
2017-02-10
Modified
2024-01-16
File
rules/windows/builtin/security/win_security_susp_kerberos_manipulation.yml
Commit
ccbb0369507f796db0b0ae6854c8a2be471b9d84

Detects failed Kerberos TGT issue operation. This can be a sign of manipulations of TGT messages by an attacker.

Log source

product
windows
service
security

Detection

selection:
    EventID:
        - 675
        - 4768
        - 4769
        - 4771
    Status:
        - '0x9'
        - '0xA'
        - '0xB'
        - '0xF'
        - '0x10'
        - '0x11'
        - '0x13'
        - '0x14'
        - '0x1A'
        - '0x1F'
        - '0x21'
        - '0x22'
        - '0x23'
        - '0x24'
        - '0x26'
        - '0x27'
        - '0x28'
        - '0x29'
        - '0x2C'
        - '0x2D'
        - '0x2E'
        - '0x2F'
        - '0x31'
        - '0x32'
        - '0x3E'
        - '0x3F'
        - '0x40'
        - '0x41'
        - '0x43'
        - '0x44'
condition: selection

False positives (as the rule lists them)

  • Faulty legacy applications

Tags

  • attack.credential-access
  • attack.t1212

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/security/win_security_susp_kerberos_manipulation.yml

Sources and licences

  • SigmaHQ

    "Kerberos Manipulation" by Florian Roth (Nextron Systems) (SigmaHQ). Rule: https://github.com/SigmaHQ/sigma/blob/ccbb0369507f796db0b0ae6854c8a2be471b9d84/rules/windows/builtin/security/win_security_susp_kerberos_manipulation.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: Kerberos Manipulation",
entity page, dataset version ref-c9e1ce9d34c6, updated 2024-01-16T00:00:00.000Z,
https://ransomware-tracker.com/detections/sigma/f7644214-0eb0-4ace-9455-331ec4c09253 (accessed 2026-11-03).
Underlying source: SigmaHQ rule f7644214-0eb0-4ace-9455-331ec4c09253, commit ccbb0369507f796db0b0ae6854c8a2be471b9d84.

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