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Data Export From MSSQL Table Via BCP.EXE
Target Profile
Splunk
Splunk SPL & tstats data model queries
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Plain SPL queries
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Data Export From MSSQL Table Via BCP.EXE
Using Splunk · Default · sigma-cli 2.0.2
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BackendSplunkFormatDefaultVersion2.0.2
title: Data Export From MSSQL Table Via BCP.EXE
id: c615d676-f655-46b9-b913-78729021e5d7
status: test
description: |
Detects the execution of the BCP utility in order to export data from the database.
Attackers were seen saving their malware to a database column or table and then later extracting it via "bcp.exe" into a file.
references:
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/sql/tools/bcp-utility
- https://asec.ahnlab.com/en/61000/
- https://asec.ahnlab.com/en/78944/
- https://www.huntress.com/blog/attacking-mssql-servers
- https://www.huntress.com/blog/attacking-mssql-servers-pt-ii
- https://news.sophos.com/en-us/2024/08/07/sophos-mdr-hunt-tracks-mimic-ransomware-campaign-against-organizations-in-india/
- https://research.nccgroup.com/2018/03/10/apt15-is-alive-and-strong-an-analysis-of-royalcli-and-royaldns/
author: Omar Khaled (@beacon_exe), MahirAli Khan (in/mahiralikhan), Nasreddine Bencherchali (Nextron Systems)
date: 2024-08-20
tags:
- attack.execution
- attack.exfiltration
- attack.t1048
logsource:
category: process_creation
product: windows
detection:
selection_img:
- Image|endswith: '\bcp.exe'
- OriginalFileName: 'BCP.exe'
selection_cli:
CommandLine|contains:
- ' out ' # Export data from a table
- ' queryout ' # Export data based on a SQL query
condition: all of selection_*
falsepositives:
- Legitimate data export operations.
level: medium
CLI command
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sigma convert --without-pipeline -t splunk -f default rules/windows/process_creation/proc_creation_win_bcp_export_data.yml