[metadata]
creation_date = "2020/02/18"
maturity = "production"
updated_date = "2020/12/17"

[rule]
author = ["Elastic"]
description = """
Identifies use of vssadmin.exe for shadow copy deletion on endpoints. This commonly occurs in tandem with ransomware or
other destructive attacks.
"""
from = "now-9m"
index = ["winlogbeat-*", "logs-endpoint.events.*"]
language = "kuery"
license = "Elastic License"
name = "Volume Shadow Copy Deletion via VssAdmin"
risk_score = 73
rule_id = "b5ea4bfe-a1b2-421f-9d47-22a75a6f2921"
severity = "high"
tags = ["Elastic", "Host", "Windows", "Threat Detection", "Defense Evasion"]
type = "query"

query = '''
event.category:process and event.type:(start or process_started) and process.name:vssadmin.exe and process.args:(delete and shadows)
'''


[[rule.threat]]
framework = "MITRE ATT&CK"
[[rule.threat.technique]]
id = "T1490"
name = "Inhibit System Recovery"
reference = "https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1490/"


[rule.threat.tactic]
id = "TA0040"
name = "Impact"
reference = "https://attack.mitre.org/tactics/TA0040/"

