Suspicious Rejected SMB Guest Logon From IP (via smbclient-security)
This rule detects Attempt PrintNightmare (CVE-2021-1675) Remote code execution in Windows Spooler Service
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suspicious-rejected-smb-guest-logon-from-ip-via-smbclient-security
title: Suspicious Rejected SMB Guest Logon From IP (via smbclient-security)
id: cf1cdb1d-91ca-5d8a-87e5-0fa55a8e9819
status: stable
description: This rule detects Attempt PrintNightmare (CVE-2021-1675) Remote code execution in Windows Spooler Service
references:
- https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1110/001/
- https://twitter.com/KevTheHermit/status/1410203844064301056
- https://web.archive.org/web/20210629055600/https://github.com/hhlxf/PrintNightmare/
- https://web.archive.org/web/20210701042336/https://github.com/afwu/PrintNightmare
author: Huntrule Team
date: 2026-03-09
tags:
- attack.credential-access
- attack.t1110.001
logsource:
product: windows
service: smbclient-security
detection:
selection:
EventID: 31017
UserName: ''
ServerName|startswith: '\1'
condition: selection
falsepositives:
- Unknown
level: medium
Known false positives
- Unknown
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