[metadata]
creation_date = "2020/11/24"
maturity = "production"
updated_date = "2021/03/03"

[rule]
author = ["Elastic"]
description = """
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.
"""
from = "now-9m"
index = ["winlogbeat-*", "logs-endpoint.events.*", "logs-windows.*"]
language = "eql"
license = "Elastic License v2"
name = "Potential Credential Access via Windows Utilities"
references = ["https://lolbas-project.github.io/"]
risk_score = 73
rule_id = "00140285-b827-4aee-aa09-8113f58a08f3"
severity = "high"
tags = ["Elastic", "Host", "Windows", "Threat Detection", "Credential Access"]
timestamp_override = "event.ingested"
type = "eql"

query = '''
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")
'''


[[rule.threat]]
framework = "MITRE ATT&CK"
[[rule.threat.technique]]
id = "T1003"
name = "OS Credential Dumping"
reference = "https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1003/"


[rule.threat.tactic]
id = "TA0006"
name = "Credential Access"
reference = "https://attack.mitre.org/tactics/TA0006/"