title: Weak Encryption Enabled and Kerberoast
id: f6de9536-0441-4b3f-a646-f4e00f300ffd
status: test
description: Detects scenario where weak encryption is enabled for a user profile which could be used for hash/password cracking.
author: '@neu5ron'
references:
  - https://adsecurity.org/?p=2053
  - https://www.harmj0y.net/blog/activedirectory/roasting-as-reps/
date: 2017/07/30
modified: 2021/11/27
logsource:
  product: windows
  service: security
  definition: 'Requirements: Audit Policy : Account Management > Audit User Account Management, Group Policy : Computer Configuration\Windows Settings\Security Settings\Advanced Audit Policy Configuration\Audit Policies\Account Management\Audit User Account Management'
detection:
  selection:
    EventID: 4738
    # According to Microsoft, the bit values are listed here: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/security/threat-protection/auditing/event-4720
    # However, that seems to be a simple copy from https://docs.microsoft.com/en-US/troubleshoot/windows-server/identity/useraccountcontrol-manipulate-account-properties
    # and the actual flags that are used are quite different and, unfortunately, not documented.
    # https://github.com/mdecrevoisier/EVTX-to-MITRE-Attack/ contains a number of EVTX files with relevant events, which can be used to extract
    # the following values.
  olduac_des:   # 0x8000
    OldUacValue|endswith:
      - 8???
      - 9???
      - A???
      - B???
      - C???
      - D???
      - E???
      - F???
  newuac_des:
    NewUacValue|endswith:
      - 8???
      - 9???
      - A???
      - B???
      - C???
      - D???
      - E???
      - F???
  olduac_preauth:   # 0x10000
    OldUacValue|endswith:
      - 1????
      - 3????
      - 5????
      - 7????
      - 9????
      - B????
      - D????
      - F????
  newuac_preauth:
    NewUacValue|endswith:
      - 1????
      - 3????
      - 5????
      - 7????
      - 9????
      - B????
      - D????
      - F????
  olduac_encrypted:   # 0x800
    OldUacValue|endswith:
      - 8??
      - 9??
      - A??
      - B??
      - C??
      - D??
      - E??
      - F??
  newuac_encrypted:
    NewUacValue|endswith:
      - 8??
      - 9??
      - A??
      - B??
      - C??
      - D??
      - E??
      - F??
  condition: selection and ((newuac_des and not olduac_des) or (newuac_preauth and not olduac_preauth) or (newuac_encrypted and not olduac_encrypted))
falsepositives:
  - Unknown
level: high
tags:
  - attack.defense_evasion
  - attack.t1562.001