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# Suspicious account attribute modification that matches that of another account

### Synopsis

| Field                | Value                                                                                                                         |
| -------------------- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| Activation Period    | 14 Days                                                                                                                       |
| Training Period      | 30 Days                                                                                                                       |
| Test Period          | N/A (single event)                                                                                                            |
| Deduplication Period | 1 Day                                                                                                                         |
| Required Data        | <p>Requires one of the following data sources:<br>Windows Event Collector OR XDR Agent with eXtended Threat Hunting (XTH)</p> |
| Detection Modules    | Identity Analytics                                                                                                            |
| Detector Tags        | Active Directory Certificate Services Analytics                                                                               |
| ATT\&CK Tactic       | Privilege Escalation (TA0004), Persistence (TA0003)                                                                           |
| ATT\&CK Technique    | Account Manipulation (T1098), Valid Accounts: Domain Accounts (T1078.002)                                                     |
| Severity             | Low                                                                                                                           |

### Description

Suspicious account attribute modification that matches that of another account.

### Attacker's Goals

An attacker might modify account attributes to elevate privileges and get access to strong accounts in the domain.

### Investigative actions

* Check if any associated certificates were granted.
* Check if any login attempts were made by the impersonated accounts using certificates.
* Check if any Kerberos TGT tickets were generated by the impersonated accounts using certificates.

### Variations

<details>

<summary>Suspicious account attribute modification that matches that of a sensitive machine account</summary>

**Synopsis**

| Field             | Value                                                                     |
| ----------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| ATT\&CK Tactic    | Privilege Escalation (TA0004), Persistence (TA0003)                       |
| ATT\&CK Technique | Account Manipulation (T1098), Valid Accounts: Domain Accounts (T1078.002) |
| Severity          | Medium                                                                    |

**Description**

Suspicious account attribute modification that matches that of another account.

**Attacker's Goals**

An attacker might modify account attributes to elevate privileges and get access to strong accounts in the domain.

**Investigative actions**

* Check if any associated certificates were granted.
* Check if any login attempts were made by the impersonated accounts using certificates.
* Check if any Kerberos TGT tickets were generated by the impersonated accounts using certificates.

</details>


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