T1558 Steal or Forge Kerberos Tickets
EnterpriseAdversaries may attempt to subvert Kerberos authentication by stealing or forging Kerberos tickets to enable Pass the Ticket. Kerberos is an authentication protocol widely used in modern Windows domain environments. In Kerberos environments, referred to as “realms”, there are three basic participants: client, service, and Key Distribution Center (KDC). Clients request access to a service and through the exchange of Kerberos tickets, originating from KDC, they are granted access after having successfully authenticated. The KDC is responsible for both authentication and ticket granting. Adversaries may attempt to abuse Kerberos by stealing tickets or forging tickets to enable unauthorized access. On Windows, the built-in <code>klist</code> utility can be used to list and analyze cached Kerberos tickets.
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- PR.AAIdentity Management, Authentication, and Access Controlstrong · backed by 10 of 19 mapped controls
- PR.DSData Securitymoderate · backed by 6 of 19 mapped controls
- DE.CMContinuous Monitoringmoderate · backed by 5 of 19 mapped controls
Derived from MITRE CTID (Apache-2.0) and the NIST 800-53 ↔ CSF crosswalk (public domain). Indicative relevance along the Protect/Detect axis — not a compliance assessment or coverage claim.
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| ID | severity | exploitable | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CVE-2024-13161US | high7.5OT critical | KEV | ||
Absolute path traversal in Ivanti EPM before the 2024 January-2025 Security Update and 2022 SU6 January-2025 Security Update allows a remote unauthenticated attacker to leak sensit… | ||||
| CVE-2024-13160US | high7.5OT critical | KEV | ||
Absolute path traversal in Ivanti EPM before the 2024 January-2025 Security Update and 2022 SU6 January-2025 Security Update allows a remote unauthenticated attacker to leak sensit… | ||||
| CVE-2024-13159US | high7.5OT critical | KEV | ||
Absolute path traversal in Ivanti EPM before the 2024 January-2025 Security Update and 2022 SU6 January-2025 Security Update allows a remote unauthenticated attacker to leak sensit… | ||||
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