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+[metadata]
+creation_date = "2024/01/31"
+integration = ["endpoint"]
+maturity = "production"
+min_stack_comments = "New fields added: required_fields, related_integrations, setup"
+min_stack_version = "8.3.0"
+updated_date = "2024/01/31"
+
+[rule]
+author = ["Elastic"]
+description = """
+Identifies processes loading Active Directory related modules followed by a network connection to the ADWS dedicated TCP port. 
+Adversaries may abuse the ADWS Windows service that allows Active Directory to be queried via this web service.
+"""
+from = "now-9m"
+index = ["logs-endpoint.events.*"]
+language = "eql"
+license = "Elastic License v2"
+name = "Potential Enumeration via Active Directory Web Service"
+references = ["https://github.com/FalconForceTeam/SOAPHound"]
+risk_score = 47
+rule_id = "9c951837-7d13-4b0c-be7a-f346623c8795"
+severity = "medium"
+tags = ["Domain: Endpoint", "OS: Windows", "Use Case: Threat Detection", "Tactic: Discovery", "Data Source: Elastic Defend"]
+timestamp_override = "event.ingested"
+type = "eql"
+
+query = '''
+sequence by process.entity_id with maxspan=3m
+ [library where host.os.type == "windows" and 
+  dll.name : ("System.DirectoryServices*.dll", "System.IdentityModel*.dll") and 
+  not user.id in ("S-1-5-18", "S-1-5-19", "S-1-5-20") and 
+  not process.executable : 
+                ("?:\\windows\\system32\\dsac.exe", 
+                 "?:\\program files\\powershell\\?\\pwsh.exe", 
+                 "?:\\windows\\system32\\windowspowershell\\*.exe", 
+                 "?:\\windows\\syswow64\\windowspowershell\\*.exe", 
+                 "?:\\program files\\microsoft monitoring agent\\*.exe", 
+                 "?:\\windows\\adws\\microsoft.activedirectory.webservices.exe")]
+ [network where host.os.type == "windows" and destination.port == 9389 and source.port >= 49152 and
+  network.direction == "egress" and network.transport == "tcp" and not cidrmatch(destination.ip, "127.0.0.0/8", "::1/128")]
+'''
+
+[[rule.threat]]
+framework = "MITRE ATT&CK"
+
+[[rule.threat.technique]]
+id = "T1018"
+name = "Remote System Discovery"
+reference = "https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1018/"
+
+[rule.threat.tactic]
+id = "TA0007"
+name = "Discovery"
+reference = "https://attack.mitre.org/tactics/TA0007/"