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Potential Credential Access via Windows Utilitiesedit
Identifies the execution of known Windows utilities often abused to dump LSASS memory or the Active Directory database (NTDS.dit) in preparation for credential access.
Rule type: eql
Rule indices:
- winlogbeat-*
- logs-endpoint.events.*
Severity: high
Risk score: 73
Runs every: 5 minutes
Searches indices from: now-9m (Date Math format, see also Additional look-back time
)
Maximum alerts per execution: 100
References:
Tags:
- Elastic
- Host
- Windows
- Threat Detection
- Credential Access
Version: 2 (version history)
Added (Elastic Stack release): 7.11.0
Last modified (Elastic Stack release): 7.11.2
Rule authors: Elastic
Rule license: Elastic License
Rule queryedit
process where event.type in ("start", "process_started") and /* update here with any new lolbas with dump capability */ (process.pe.original_file_name == "procdump" and process.args : "-ma") or (process.name : "ProcessDump.exe" and not process.parent.executable : "C:\\Program Files*\\Cisco Systems\\*.exe") or (process.pe.original_file_name == "WriteMiniDump.exe" and not process.parent.executable : "C:\\Program Files*\\Steam\\*.exe") or (process.pe.original_file_name == "RUNDLL32.EXE" and (process.args : "MiniDump*" or process.command_line : "*comsvcs.dll*#24*")) or (process.pe.original_file_name == "RdrLeakDiag.exe" and process.args : "/fullmemdmp") or (process.pe.original_file_name == "SqlDumper.exe" and process.args : "0x01100*") or (process.pe.original_file_name == "TTTracer.exe" and process.args : "-dumpFull" and process.args : "-attach") or (process.pe.original_file_name == "ntdsutil.exe" and process.args : "create*full*") or (process.pe.original_file_name == "diskshadow.exe" and process.args : "/s")
Threat mappingedit
Framework: MITRE ATT&CKTM
-
Tactic:
- Name: Credential Access
- ID: TA0006
- Reference URL: https://attack.mitre.org/tactics/TA0006/
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Technique:
- Name: OS Credential Dumping
- ID: T1003
- Reference URL: https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1003/
Rule version historyedit
- Version 2 (7.11.2 release)
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- Formatting only