IMPORTANT: No additional bug fixes or documentation updates
will be released for this version. For the latest information, see the
current release documentation.
NTDS or SAM Database File Copiededit
Identifies a copy operation of the Active Directory Domain Database (ntds.dit) or Security Account Manager (SAM) files. Those files contain sensitive information including hashed domain and/or local credentials.
Rule type: eql
Rule indices:
- winlogbeat-*
- logs-endpoint.events.*
- logs-windows.*
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: 33
References:
Tags:
- Elastic
- Host
- Windows
- Threat Detection
- Credential Access
Version: 5 (version history)
Added (Elastic Stack release): 7.11.0
Last modified (Elastic Stack release): 7.16.0
Rule authors: Elastic, Austin Songer
Rule license: Elastic License v2
Rule queryedit
process where event.type in ("start", "process_started") and (
(process.pe.original_file_name in ("Cmd.Exe", "PowerShell.EXE",
"XCOPY.EXE") and process.args : ("copy", "xcopy", "Copy-Item",
"move", "cp", "mv") ) or (process.pe.original_file_name :
"esentutl.exe" and process.args : ("*/y*", "*/vss*", "*/d*")) ) and
process.args : ("*\\ntds.dit", "*\\config\\SAM",
"\\*\\GLOBALROOT\\Device\\HarddiskVolumeShadowCopy*\\*",
"*/system32/config/SAM*")
Threat mappingedit
Framework: MITRE ATT&CKTM
-
Tactic:
- Name: Credential Access
- ID: TA0006
- Reference URL: https://attack.mitre.org/tactics/TA0006/
-
Technique:
- Name: OS Credential Dumping
- ID: T1003
- Reference URL: https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1003/
Rule version historyedit
- Version 5 (7.16.0 release)
-
- Formatting only
- Version 4 (7.15.0 release)
-
-
Updated query, changed from:
process where event.type in ("start", "process_started") and process.pe.original_file_name in ("Cmd.Exe", "PowerShell.EXE", "XCOPY.EXE") and process.args : ("copy", "xcopy", "Copy-Item", "move", "cp", "mv") and process.args : ("*\\ntds.dit", "*\\config\\SAM", "\\*\\GLOBALROOT\\Device\\HarddiskVolumeShadowCopy*\\*")
-
- Version 3 (7.12.0 release)
-
- Formatting only
- Version 2 (7.11.2 release)
-
- Formatting only