elastic / elastic/detection-rules
[Rule Tuning] Potential Shadow Credentials added to AD Object
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Description
### Link to Rule
https://github.com/elastic/detection-rules/blob/main/rules/windows/credential_access_shadow_credentials.toml
### Rule Tuning Type
False Negatives - Enhancing detection of true threats that were previously missed.
### Description
In https://github.com/elastic/detection-rules/pull/2359 we introduced a filter: `winlog.event_data.AttributeValue :B\:828*`, that filter refers to `KEYCREDENTIALLINK_BLOB` length observed in public offensive tooling at the time.
This creates a false negative because 828 is not reliable. LLM explanation:
`In the DN-Binary representation B:::, the count describes the serialized hexadecimal key length. The underlying KEYCREDENTIALLINK_BLOB contains variable entries, including variable-length key material.`
### Impact
Current Impacket generated a 403-byte KeyCredentialLink blob during testing, which we miss. Windows emitted and Elastic ingested Event 5136 with:
```
AttributeValue: B:806::CN=
ObjectClass: computer
OperationType: Value Added
```
### Example Data
```
{
"winlog": {
"record_id": 4801366,
"event_data": {
"SubjectUserSid": "S-1-5-21-2038103339-2155116624-3331879844-1113",
"SubjectUserName": "daenerys.targaryen",
"ObjectDN": "CN=KCLVALC001,OU=DetectionFixtures,DC=essos,DC=local",
"ObjectClass": "computer",
"AttributeLDAPDisplayName": "msDS-KeyCredentialLink",
"AttributeValue": "B:806::CN=KCLVALC001,OU=DetectionFixtures,DC=essos,DC=local",
"OperationType": "Value Added"
}
}
}
```
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