A machine certificate was issued with a mismatch

Cortex XDR Analytics Alert Reference by data source

Product

Cortex XDR

Last date published

2024-11-18

Activation Period	14 Days
Training Period	30 Days
Test Period	N/A (single event)
Deduplication Period	1 Day
Required Data	Requires one of the following data sources: Windows Event Collector OR XDR Agent with eXtended Threat Hunting (XTH)
Detection Modules	Identity Analytics
Detector Tags
ATT&CK Tactic	Privilege Escalation (TA0004)
ATT&CK Technique	Valid Accounts: Domain Accounts (T1078.002)
Severity	Medium

A machine certificate was issued with a mismatch between the requester and the subject.

An attacker may attempt to exploit the Active Directory Certificate Services to escalate privileges to a domain controller machine account.