Steal or Forge Kerberos Tickets
Description
Adversaries may attempt to subvert Kerberos authentication by stealing or forging Kerberos tickets to enable [Pass the Ticket](https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1550/003). Kerberos is an authentication protocol widely used in modern Windows domain environments. In Kerberos environments, referred to as “realms”, there are three basic participants: client, service, and Key Distribution Center (KDC).(Citation: ADSecurity Kerberos Ring Decoder) Clients request access to a service and through the exchange of Kerberos tickets, originating from KDC, they are granted access after having successfully authenticated. The KDC is responsible for both authentication and ticket granting. Adversaries may attempt to abuse Kerberos by stealing tickets or forging tickets to enable unauthorized access. On Windows, the built-in <code>klist</code> utility can be used to list and analyze cached Kerberos tickets.(Citation: Microsoft Klist)
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Countered by 11 in MITRE D3FEND (Defensive Techniques)
- D3-ANCIAuthentication Cache Invalidation
- D3-CCSACredential Compromise Scope Analysis
- D3-CHCredential Hardening
- D3-CRCredential Revocation
- D3-CROCredential Rotation
- D3-CTSCredential Transmission Scoping
- D3-DUCDecoy User Credential
- D3-MFAMulti-factor Authentication
- D3-RICReissue Credential
- D3-TBToken Binding
- D3-TBAToken-based Authentication
Cite as SafeMode Space, mitre-attack-enterprise T1558.