Possible Password Policy Enumeration With Get-AdDefaultDomainPasswordPolicy (via ps_script)

title: Possible Password Policy Enumeration With Get-AdDefaultDomainPasswordPolicy (via ps_script)
id: a741caaa-65a4-5fe8-b57c-b426a638c742
status: stable
description: This rule detects PowerShell behavior in which Get-Addefaultdomainpasswordpolicy is leveraged to get the default password policy for an Active Directory domain.
references:
    - https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1201/
    - https://github.com/redcanaryco/atomic-red-team/blob/f339e7da7d05f6057fdfcdd3742bfcf365fee2a9/atomics/T1201/T1201.md#atomic-test-9---enumerate-active-directory-password-policy-with-get-addefaultdomainpasswordpolicy
    - https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/powershell/module/activedirectory/get-addefaultdomainpasswordpolicy?view=windowsserver2022-ps
author: Huntrule Team
date: 2026-05-16
tags:
    - attack.discovery
    - attack.t1201
logsource:
    product: windows
    category: ps_script
    definition: 'Requirements: Script Block Logging must be enabled'
detection:
    selection:
        ScriptBlockText|contains: Get-AdDefaultDomainPasswordPolicy
    condition: selection
falsepositives:
    - Unknown
level: low