Possible Password Spraying Attempt Via Dsacls.EXE (via process_creation)

title: Possible Password Spraying Attempt Via Dsacls.EXE (via process_creation)
id: 652e9fcd-5765-5b57-a65b-46aa5f71f759
status: stable
description: This rule detects possible password spraying attempts using Dsacls
references:
    - https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1218/
    - https://www.ired.team/offensive-security-experiments/active-directory-kerberos-abuse/using-dsacls-to-check-ad-object-permissions#password-spraying-anyone
    - https://ss64.com/nt/dsacls.html
    - https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/previous-versions/windows/it-pro/windows-server-2012-r2-and-2012/cc771151(v=ws.11)
author: Huntrule Team
date: 2026-01-19
tags:
    - attack.stealth
    - attack.t1218
logsource:
    category: process_creation
    product: windows
detection:
    selection_img:
        - Image|endswith: '\dsacls.exe'
        - OriginalFileName: "DSACLS.EXE"
    selection_cli:
        CommandLine|contains|all:
            - '/user:'
            - '/passwd:'
    condition: all of selection*
falsepositives:
    - Unknown
level: medium