Potential Active Directory Enumeration Using AD Module - ProcCreation
Detects usage of the "Import-Module" cmdlet to load the "Microsoft.ActiveDirectory.Management.dl" DLL. Which is often used by attackers to perform AD enumeration.
Detection logic
Detection requirements
- Log source product
- windows
- Log source category
- process_creation
Known benign triggers
- Legitimate use of the library for administrative activity
MITRE ATT&CK mappings
Not mapped to ATT&CK.
References
| Reference | Cited by |
|---|---|
| github.com/samratashok/ADModule | 3 |
| twitter.com/cyb3rops/status/1617108657166061568?s=20 | 3 |
| www.ired.team/offensive-security-experiments/active-directory-kerberos-abuse/active-directory-enumeration-with-ad-module-without-rsat-or-admin-privileges | 3 |
From the source
- At source
- Open at source
- Upstream identifier
- 70bc5215-526f-4477-963c-a47a5c9ebd12
- Tagged by the source as
- attack.discoveryattack.impactattack.reconnaissance
Licence
- Published under
- Detection Rule License 1.1Read the licence
- Attribution
- Required
Authorship
- Written by
- Published
- Aug 26, 2026
- Version
- 1