title: Registry Dump of SAM Creds and Secrets
id: 038cd51c-3ad8-41c5-ba8f-5d1c92f3cc1e
status: experimental
description: Adversaries may attempt to extract credential material from the Security Account Manager (SAM) database either through Windows Registry where the SAM database is stored
author: frack113
references:
    - https://github.com/redcanaryco/atomic-red-team/blob/master/atomics/T1003.002/T1003.002.md#atomic-test-1---registry-dump-of-sam-creds-and-secrets
date: 2022/01/05
logsource:
    category: process_creation
    product: windows
detection:
    selection_reg:
        CommandLine|contains: ' save '
    selection_key:
        CommandLine|contains:
            - HKLM\sam
            - HKLM\system
            - HKLM\security
    condition: all of selection_*
falsepositives:
    - Unknown
level: high
tags:
    - attack.credential_access
    - attack.t1003.002
