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Active Rule
Dump Ntds.dit To Suspicious Location
Target Profile
Splunk
Splunk SPL & tstats data model queries
Format Mode
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Conversion Output
Dump Ntds.dit To Suspicious Location
Using Splunk · Default · sigma-cli 2.0.2
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BackendSplunkFormatDefaultVersion2.0.2
title: Dump Ntds.dit To Suspicious Location
id: 94dc4390-6b7c-4784-8ffc-335334404650
status: test
description: Detects potential abuse of ntdsutil to dump ntds.dit database to a suspicious location
references:
- https://twitter.com/mgreen27/status/1558223256704122882
- https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/previous-versions/windows/it-pro/windows-server-2012-r2-and-2012/jj574207(v=ws.11)
author: Nasreddine Bencherchali (Nextron Systems)
date: 2022-08-14
modified: 2023-10-23
tags:
- attack.execution
logsource:
product: windows
service: application
# warning: The 'data' field used in the detection section is the container for the event data as a whole. You may have to adapt the rule for your backend accordingly
detection:
selection_root:
Provider_Name: 'ESENT'
EventID: 325 # New Database Created
Data|contains: 'ntds.dit'
selection_paths:
Data|contains:
# Add more locations that you don't use in your env or that are just suspicious
- ':\ntds.dit'
- '\Appdata\'
- '\Desktop\'
- '\Downloads\'
- '\Perflogs\'
- '\Temp\'
- '\Users\Public\'
condition: all of selection_*
falsepositives:
- Legitimate backup operation/creating shadow copies
level: medium
CLI command
Copy the exact command to reproduce this translation locally.
sigma convert --without-pipeline -t splunk -f default rules/windows/builtin/application/esent/win_esent_ntdsutil_abuse_susp_location.yml