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Kerberos Coercion

Date: 2025-11-14 ID: 6f05e912-8743-4328-8ac2-4b0592918dfd Author: Raven Tait, Splunk Environment: attack_range Directory: kerberos_coercion

Description

Generated datasets for kerberos coercion using DNS in attack range.

MITRE ATT&CK Techniques

ID Technique Tactic
T1071.004 DNS Command And Control

Environment Details

Field Value
Environment attack_range
Directory kerberos_coercion
Test Date 2025-11-14

Datasets

The following datasets were collected during this attack simulation:

Sysmon.log

  • Path: /datasets/attack_techniques/T1071.004/kerberos_coercion/sysmon.log
  • Sourcetype: XmlWinEventLog
  • Source: XmlWinEventLog:Microsoft-Windows-Sysmon/Operational

Suricata.log

  • Path: /datasets/attack_techniques/T1071.004/kerberos_coercion/suricata.log
  • Sourcetype: suricata
  • Source: suricata

Windows-Xml.log

  • Path: /datasets/attack_techniques/T1071.004/kerberos_coercion/windows-xml.log
  • Sourcetype: XmlWinEventLog
  • Source: XmlWinEventLog:Security

The following detections in our security content repository use this attack data for testing:

Detection Name Type Source MITRE ATT&CK Analytic Story
Windows Kerberos Coercion via DNS TTP Endpoint T1071.004, T1557.001, T1187 Compromised Windows Host, Suspicious DNS Traffic, Local Privilege Escalation With KrbRelayUp, Kerberos Coercion with DNS
Windows Short Lived DNS Record TTP Endpoint T1071.004, T1557.001, T1187 Compromised Windows Host, Suspicious DNS Traffic, Local Privilege Escalation With KrbRelayUp, Kerberos Coercion with DNS
Windows Credential Target Information Structure in Commandline TTP Endpoint T1557.001, T1187, T1071.004 Compromised Windows Host, Suspicious DNS Traffic, Local Privilege Escalation With KrbRelayUp, Kerberos Coercion with DNS
DNS Kerberos Coercion TTP Network T1557.001, T1187, T1071.004 Compromised Windows Host, Suspicious DNS Traffic, Local Privilege Escalation With KrbRelayUp, Kerberos Coercion with DNS

Usage Instructions

Replay with Splunk Attack Data

Replay attack data with replay.py from Splunk Attack Data.

1python replay.py --dataset /datasets/attack_techniques/T1071.004/kerberos_coercion/sysmon.log --index attack_data

Manual Import

  1. Download the dataset files from the paths listed above
  2. Configure your Splunk instance with the appropriate sourcetypes
  3. Import the logs using the Splunk Add Data wizard

Related Content

Find more detections and analytics for this attack technique in our security content repository.

Source: GitHub | Version: 1.0