NTDS or SAM Database File Copied

About

Tags

Domain: EndpointOS: WindowsUse Case: Threat DetectionTactic: Credential AccessData Source: Elastic EndgameData Source: Elastic DefendData Source: Windows Security Event LogsData Source: Microsoft Defender for EndpointData Source: SentinelOneData Source: SysmonData Source: CrowdstrikeLanguage: eql

Severity

high

Risk Score

73

MITRE ATT&CK™

Credential Access (TA0006)(opens in a new tab or window)

↳ OS Credential Dumping (T1003)(opens in a new tab or window)

License

Elastic License v2(opens in a new tab or window)

Definition

Rule Type

Event Correlation Rule

Integration Pack

Prebuilt Security Detection Rules

Index Patterns

endgame-*logs-crowdstrike.fdr*logs-endpoint.events.process-*logs-m365_defender.event-*logs-sentinel_one_cloud_funnel.*logs-system.security*logs-windows.forwarded*logs-windows.sysmon_operational-*winlogbeat-*

Related Integrations

endpoint(opens in a new tab or window)

windows(opens in a new tab or window)

system(opens in a new tab or window)

m365_defender(opens in a new tab or window)

sentinel_one_cloud_funnel(opens in a new tab or window)

crowdstrike(opens in a new tab or window)

Query

process where host.os.type == "windows" and event.type == "start" and
  (
    ((?process.pe.original_file_name in ("Cmd.Exe", "PowerShell.EXE", "XCOPY.EXE") or process.name : ("Cmd.Exe", "PowerShell.EXE", "XCOPY.EXE")) and
       process.args : ("copy", "xcopy", "Copy-Item", "move", "cp", "mv")
    ) or
    ((?process.pe.original_file_name : "esentutl.exe" or process.name : "esentutl.exe") and process.args : ("*/y*", "*/vss*", "*/d*"))
  ) and
  process.command_line : ("*\\ntds.dit*", "*\\config\\SAM*", "*\\*\\GLOBALROOT\\Device\\HarddiskVolumeShadowCopy*\\*", "*/system32/config/SAM*", "*\\User Data\\*")