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ADFS DKM Master Key Export

Description

'Identifies an export of the ADFS DKM Master Key from Active Directory. References: https://blogs.microsoft.com/on-the-issues/2020/12/13/customers-protect-nation-state-cyberattacks/, https://cloud.google.com/blog/topics/threat-intelligence/evasive-attacker-leverages-solarwinds-supply-chain-compromises-with-sunburst-backdoor To understand further the details behind this detection, please review the details in the original PR and subequent PR update to this: https://github.com/Azure/Azure-Sentinel/pull/1562#issue-551542469 https://github.com/Azure/Azure-Sentinel/pull/1512#issue-543053339 '
Rule type
Scheduled
Version
1.2.2
Query frequency
1d
Query period
1d
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.

(union isfuzzy=true 
(SecurityEvent 
| where EventID == 4662 // You need to create a SACL on the ADFS Policy Store DKM group for this event to be created. 
| where ObjectServer == 'DS'
| where OperationType == 'Object Access'
//| where ObjectName contains '<GUID of ADFS Policy Store DKM Group object' This is unique to the domain. Check description for more details.
| where ObjectType contains '5cb41ed0-0e4c-11d0-a286-00aa003049e2' // Contact Class
| where Properties contains '8d3bca50-1d7e-11d0-a081-00aa006c33ed' // Picture Attribute - Ldap-Display-Name: thumbnailPhoto
| extend AccountName = SubjectUserName, AccountDomain = SubjectDomainName
| extend timestamp = TimeGenerated, DeviceName = Computer
),
( WindowsEvent 
| where EventID == 4662 // You need to create a SACL on the ADFS Policy Store DKM group for this event to be created. 
| where EventData has_all('Object Access', '5cb41ed0-0e4c-11d0-a286-00aa003049e2','8d3bca50-1d7e-11d0-a081-00aa006c33ed') 
| extend ObjectServer = tostring(EventData.ObjectServer)
| where ObjectServer == 'DS'
| extend OperationType = tostring(EventData.OperationType)
| where OperationType == 'Object Access'
//| where ObjectName contains '<GUID of ADFS Policy Store DKM Group object' This is unique to the domain. Check description for more details.
| extend ObjectType = tostring(EventData.ObjectType)
| where ObjectType contains '5cb41ed0-0e4c-11d0-a286-00aa003049e2' // Contact Class
| extend Properties = tostring(EventData.Properties)
| where Properties contains '8d3bca50-1d7e-11d0-a081-00aa006c33ed' // Picture Attribute - Ldap-Display-Name: thumbnailPhoto
| extend AccountName = tostring(EventData.SubjectUserName), AccountDomain = tostring(EventData.SubjectDomainName)
| extend timestamp = TimeGenerated, DeviceName = Computer
),
(DeviceEvents
| where ActionType =~ "LdapSearch"
| where AdditionalFields.AttributeList contains "thumbnailPhoto"
| where AdditionalFields.DistinguishedName contains "CN=ADFS,CN=Microsoft,CN=Program Data" // Filter results to show only hits related to the ADFS AD container
| extend timestamp = TimeGenerated, AccountName = InitiatingProcessAccountName, AccountDomain = InitiatingProcessAccountDomain
)
)
| extend Account = strcat(AccountDomain, "\\", AccountName)

Declared entities

AccountHostAzureResource

Related content

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Source provenance

GitHub

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Source identifier
18e6a87e-9d06-4a4e-8b59-3469cd49552d
Additional source files 1Detections/MultipleDataSources/ADFS-DKM-MasterKey-Export.yamlsource ↗
GSTEP / CATALOG TRACKING

Added to catalog : 16 Sept 2026 · 05:49 UTC
Last change observed : 16 Sept 2026 · 05:49 UTC

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