win:security 4771
Kerberos pre-authentication failed.
- Log source
- Windows Security event log
- Host type
- Windows (workstation, member server, domain controller)
- How to enable
- Advanced Audit Policy: Account Logon > Audit Kerberos Authentication Service
- Audit category
- Account Logon
- Audit subcategory
- Audit Kerberos Authentication Service
- Tier, host type
- Minimum
- Techniques
- 2
- Rules depending on it
- Splunk 2, Sigma 2
Why this tier
Microsoft audit baseline (dc)
By role
| Role | Tier | Basis |
|---|---|---|
| Windows domain controller | Minimum | Microsoft audit baseline (dc) |
Techniques it helps detect
Rules that depend on it
Splunk 2
Sigma 2
- Kerberos Manipulation by Florian Roth (Nextron Systems)
- Potential Kerberos Pre-Authentication Failure for Machine Accounts by Panos Gkatziroulis, Swachchhanda Shrawan Poudel (Nextron Systems)
Standards and guidance naming it
| Requirement | Relation | Basis |
|---|---|---|
| Microsoft: Events to monitor with potential criticalityAppendix L: Events to Monitor (Windows Server AD DS best practices) | Names this event | potential criticality Low: Kerberos pre-authentication failed. |