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Active Rule
Esentutl Volume Shadow Copy Service Keys
Target Profile
Splunk
Splunk SPL & tstats data model queries
Format Mode
Default
Plain SPL queries
Conversion Output
Esentutl Volume Shadow Copy Service Keys
Using Splunk · Default · sigma-cli 2.0.2
Translation controls
Adjust the rule on the left, then regenerate when you want a fresh backend-native query.
BackendSplunkFormatDefaultVersion2.0.2
title: Esentutl Volume Shadow Copy Service Keys
id: 5aad0995-46ab-41bd-a9ff-724f41114971
status: test
description: Detects the volume shadow copy service initialization and processing via esentutl. Registry keys such as HKLM\\System\\CurrentControlSet\\Services\\VSS\\Diag\\VolSnap\\Volume are captured.
references:
- https://github.com/redcanaryco/atomic-red-team/blob/f339e7da7d05f6057fdfcdd3742bfcf365fee2a9/atomics/T1003.002/T1003.002.md#atomic-test-3---esentutlexe-sam-copy
author: Roberto Rodriguez (Cyb3rWard0g), OTR (Open Threat Research)
date: 2020-10-20
modified: 2022-12-25
tags:
- attack.credential-access
- attack.t1003.002
logsource:
category: registry_event
product: windows
detection:
selection:
TargetObject|contains: 'System\CurrentControlSet\Services\VSS'
Image|endswith: 'esentutl.exe' # limit esentutl as in references, too many FP to filter
filter:
TargetObject|contains: 'System\CurrentControlSet\Services\VSS\Start'
condition: selection and not filter
falsepositives:
- Unknown
level: high
CLI command
Copy the exact command to reproduce this translation locally.
sigma convert --without-pipeline -t splunk -f default rules/windows/registry/registry_event/registry_event_esentutl_volume_shadow_copy_service_keys.yml