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  • Unusual access to the Windows Internal Database on an ADFS server Informational 1 variation

    The Windows Internal Database (WID) was queried in an unusual way on an ADFS server.

    Activation:
    14 Days
    Training:
    30 Days
    Test:
    N/A (single event)
    Deduplication:
    1 Day
    ATT&CK tactics: Credential Access (TA0006)
    ATT&CK techniques: Credentials from Password Stores (T1555)
    Required data: XDR Agent with eXtended Threat Hunting (XTH)
    Attacker's goals: Attackers can attempt to extract and decrypt the ADFS certificate that is used to sign SAML tokens, and fabricate a new SAML token.
    Investigative actions: See whether this was a legitimate action. Follow the causality chain/user/host activities. Monitor suspicious LDAP queries to the ADFS container in Active Directory. Check the possibility of a compromised ADFS server. Check for unusual Azure AD authentications. Check for unusual logins.

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    Suspicious access to the Windows Internal Database on an ADFS server

    Low overridden

    The Windows Internal Database (WID) was queried in an unusual way on an ADFS server. overridden