SAM Name Change CVE-2021-42278
The following query detects possible CVE-2021-42278 exploitation by finding changes of device names in the network using Microsoft Defender for Identity.
Detection logic
Detection requirements
- Log source product
- microsoftthreatprotection
- Log source service
- identitydirectoryevents
MITRE ATT&CK mappings
Not mapped to ATT&CK.
No references are available for this detection.
From the source
- At source
- Open at source
- Upstream identifier
- 1299962c-804e-459a-8d3d-41d68bc45ba2
- Tagged by the source as
- PrivilegeEscalationVulnerability
Licence
- Published under
- MIT LicenseRead the licence
- Attribution
- Required
- Obtained under
- MITRead the origin licence
Authorship
- Published
- Sep 1, 2026
- Version
- 1