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LSASS Process Access via Windows APIedit
Identifies access attempts to the LSASS handle, which may indicate an attempt to dump credentials from LSASS memory.
Rule type: eql
Rule indices:
- logs-endpoint.events.*
Severity: medium
Risk score: 47
Runs every: 5m
Searches indices from: now-9m (Date Math format, see also Additional look-back time)
Maximum alerts per execution: 100
References:
Tags:
- Domain: Endpoint
- OS: Windows
- Use Case: Threat Detection
- Tactic: Credential Access
Version: 2
Rule authors:
- Elastic
Rule license: Elastic License v2
Rule queryedit
api where host.os.type == "windows" and
process.Ext.api.name in ("OpenProcess", "OpenThread") and Target.process.name : "lsass.exe"
Framework: MITRE ATT&CKTM
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Tactic:
- Name: Credential Access
- ID: TA0006
- Reference URL: https://attack.mitre.org/tactics/TA0006/
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Technique:
- Name: OS Credential Dumping
- ID: T1003
- Reference URL: https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1003/
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Sub-technique:
- Name: LSASS Memory
- ID: T1003.001
- Reference URL: https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1003/001/