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PROD (TM012.1) - GPO - Enforced Outside of Tier Model

Description

Enforcing of a GPO could bypass or override Tier Model GPOs.
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 not(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=[^,]+(,OU=[^,]+)*),(?i)DC=", 1, EventData)
| 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")
| where AttributeValueDescription == "Enforced"
| extend ObjectClass = extract("<Data Name=\"ObjectClass\">([^<]+)</Data>", 1, EventData)
| extend ObjectTier = "Outside Tier Model"
| 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
05846968-15cc-4309-bddc-eaa296f84af1
Additional source files 2Solutions/Microsoft Active Directory Tier Model/Analytic Rules/TM012_GPOEnforcedOutsideOfTierModel.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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