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Gain Code Execution on ADFS Server via SMB + Remote Service or Scheduled Task
Description
'This query detects instances where an attacker has gained the ability to execute code on an ADFS Server through SMB and Remote Service or Scheduled Task.'
- Rule type
- Scheduled
- Version
- 1.2.1
- Declared status
- Available
- Query frequency
- 1d
- Query period
- 7d
- 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.
let timeframe = 1d;
// Adjust for a longer timeframe for identifying ADFS Servers
let lookback = 6d;
// Identify ADFS Servers
let ADFS_Servers = (
SecurityEvent
| where TimeGenerated > ago(timeframe+lookback)
| where EventID == 4688 and SubjectLogonId != "0x3e4"
| where NewProcessName has "Microsoft.IdentityServer.ServiceHost.exe"
| distinct Computer
);
SecurityEvent
| where TimeGenerated > ago(timeframe)
| where Computer in~ (ADFS_Servers)
| where Account !endswith "$"
// Check for scheduled task events
| where EventID in (4697, 4698, 4699, 4700, 4701, 4702)
| extend EventDataParsed = parse_xml(EventData)
| extend SubjectLogonId = tostring(EventDataParsed.EventData.Data[3]["#text"])
// Check specifically for access to IPC$ share and PIPE\svcctl and PIPE\atsvc for Service Control Services and Schedule Control Services
| union (
SecurityEvent
| where TimeGenerated > ago(timeframe)
| where Computer in~ (ADFS_Servers)
| where Account !endswith "$"
| where EventID == 5145
| where RelativeTargetName =~ "svcctl" or RelativeTargetName =~ "atsvc"
)
// Check for lateral movement
| join kind=inner
(SecurityEvent
| where TimeGenerated > ago(timeframe)
| where Account !endswith "$"
| where EventID == 4624 and LogonType == 3
) on $left.SubjectLogonId == $right.TargetLogonId
| project TimeGenerated, Account, Computer, EventID, RelativeTargetName
| extend timestamp = TimeGenerated
| extend HostName = tostring(split(Computer, ".")[0]), DomainIndex = toint(indexof(Computer, '.'))
| extend HostNameDomain = iff(DomainIndex != -1, substring(Computer, DomainIndex + 1), Computer)
| extend AccountName = tostring(split(Account, @'\')[1]), AccountNTDomain = tostring(split(Account, @'\')[0])
Declared entities
Related content
Links established from declared identifiers and solution manifests.
Source provenance
GitHubDisplayed values come from files in Azure/Azure-Sentinel. They describe the published template, not your workspace configuration.
- Commit
9800e51↗- Source identifier
12dcea64-bec2-41c9-9df2-9f28461b1295
GSTEP / CATALOG TRACKING
Added to catalog : 16 Sept 2026 · 05:49 UTC
Last change observed : 16 Sept 2026 · 05:49 UTC