Domain Trust Discovery via Nltest.exe

Identifies execution of nltest.exe for domain trust discovery. This technique is used by attackers to enumerate Active Directory trusts.

id:03e231a6-74bc-467a-acb1-e5676b0fb55e
categories:hunt
confidence:low
os:windows
created:05/17/2019
updated:05/17/2019

MITRE ATT&CK™ Mapping

tactics:Discovery
techniques:T1482 Domain Trust Discovery

Query

process where subtype.create and
  process_name == "nltest.exe" and command_line == "*domain_trusts*"

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