title: Suspicious Get-ADDBAccount Usage
id: b140afd9-474b-4072-958e-2ebb435abd68
description: Detects suspicious invocation of the Get-ADDBAccount script that reads from a ntds.dit file and may be used to get access to credentials without using any credential dumpers
status: experimental
author: Florian Roth
date: 2022/03/16
references:
    - https://www.n00py.io/2022/03/manipulating-user-passwords-without-mimikatz/
    - https://github.com/MichaelGrafnetter/DSInternals/blob/7ba59c12ee9a1cb430d7dc186a3366842dd612c8/Documentation/PowerShell/Get-ADDBAccount.md
tags:
    - attack.credential_access
    - attack.t1003.003
logsource:
    product: windows
    category: ps_module
    definition: PowerShell Module Logging must be enabled
detection:
    selection:
        Payload|contains|all:
            - 'Get-ADDBAccount'
            - 'BootKey '
            - 'DatabasePath '
    condition: selection
falsepositives:
    - unknown
level: high