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Semperis DSP Kerberos krbtgt account with old password

Description

'The krbtgt user account is a special (disabled) user account in every Active Directory domain that has a special role in Kerberos function. If this account's password is compromised, Golden Ticket attacks can be performed to get access to any resource in the AD domain. This indicator looks for a krbtgt user account whose password hasn't been changed in the past 180 days. While Microsoft recommends changing the password every year, STIG recommends changing it every 180 days.'
Rule type
Scheduled
Version
2.0.7
Declared status
Available
Query frequency
1h
Query period
1h
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.

dsp_parser
| where EventID == 9212
| where SecurityIndicatorName == "Kerberos krbtgt account with old password"
| extend HostName = tostring(split(Computer, '.', 0)[0]), DnsDomain = tostring(strcat_array(array_slice(split(Computer, '.'), 1, -1), '.'))

Declared entities

Host

Related content

Links established from declared identifiers and solution manifests.

Source provenance

GitHub

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Source identifier
9ff3b26b-7636-412e-ac46-072b084b94cb
Additional source files 2Solutions/Semperis Directory Services Protector/Analytic Rules/SemperisDSP_KerberoskrbtgtAccount.yamlsource ↗Solutions/Semperis Directory Services Protector/Data/Solution_Semperis.jsonsolution-membership ↗
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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