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PROD (TM005.1) - GPO - Linked, Unlinked, or Enforced at Tier Level OU

Description

Linking, Unlinking, or Enforcing of a GPO within the Tier Level OU structure
Rule type
Scheduled
Version
1.0.0
Declared status
Available
Query frequency
5m
Query period
5m
Trigger
gt 0

Declared MITRE coverage

Declared sources

Metadata from the source file. No dependencies inferred from KQL.

Connectors

Data types

KQL query

Original query, unchanged.

SecurityEvent 
| where EventID == 5136 
    and (EventData matches regex @"(?i)OU=Domain Controllers"
        or EventData matches regex @"(?i)OU=Tier 0 Member Servers"
        or EventData matches regex @"(?i)OU=Tier 1 Member Servers"
        or EventData matches regex @"(?i)OU=Tier 2 End-User Accounts"
        or EventData matches regex @"(?i)OU=Tier 2 End-User Devices"
        or EventData matches regex @"(?i)OU=Tier 2 End-User Groups"
        or EventData matches regex @"(?i)OU=Tier Model Administration"
        or EventData matches regex @"(?i)OU=Tier Model Computer Quarantine")
    and Activity has "modified" 
    and EventData has '"ObjectClass">organizationalUnit'
    and EventData has '<Data Name="AttributeLDAPDisplayName">gPLink</Data>' 
    and (EventData has ';0]' 
        or EventData has ';1]' 
        or EventData has ';2]')
    and EventData has '"OperationType">%%14674'
| extend ObjectName = extract("<Data Name=\"ObjectDN\">(((?i)OU=[^,]+,?)+),(?i)DC=", 1, EventData)
| extend ObjectTier = case(
    ObjectName has "Tier 0", "Tier 0",
    ObjectName has "Tier 1", "Tier 1",
    ObjectName has "Tier 2", "Tier 2",
    ObjectName has "Tier Model Administration", "Tier 0",
    ObjectName has "Tier Model Computer Quarantine", "Tier 0",
    ObjectName has "Domain Controllers", "Tier 0",
    "Unknown")
| extend AttributeLDAP = extract("<Data Name=\"AttributeLDAPDisplayName\">([^<]+)</Data>", 1, EventData)
| extend AttributeValue = extract("\\[([^\\]]+)\\]", 1, EventData)
| extend LastThreeChars = substring(AttributeValue, strlen(AttributeValue) - 2, 3)
| extend AttributeValueDescription = case(
    LastThreeChars == ";0", "Linked",
    LastThreeChars == ";1", "Unlinked",
    LastThreeChars == ";2", "Enforced",
    "Unknown")
| extend ObjectClass = extract("<Data Name=\"ObjectClass\">([^<]+)</Data>", 1, EventData)
| extend Domain = extract("([^.]+\\.[^.]+)$", 1, Computer)
| project TimeGenerated
   , ObjectName
   , ObjectTier
   , ObjectClass
   , ActivityType = AttributeValueDescription
   , AttributeLDAP
   , Account
   , Domain
   , Computer
   , Channel
   , EventID
   , EventData

Declared entities

AccountHost

Related content

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Source provenance

GitHub

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Source identifier
02cf2172-0eb7-4a4a-bce7-7251cdd3e233
Additional source files 2Solutions/Microsoft Active Directory Tier Model/Analytic Rules/TM005_GPOLinkedUnlinkedOrEnforcedAtTierLevelOU.yamlsource ↗Solutions/Microsoft Active Directory Tier Model/Data/Solution_MicrosoftActiveDirectoryTierModel.jsonsolution-membership ↗
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Added to catalog : 16 Sept 2026 · 05:49 UTC
Last change observed : 16 Sept 2026 · 05:49 UTC

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