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Dumping Process via Sqldumper.exe
Detects process dump via legitimate sqldumper.exe binary
status test author Kirill Kiryanov, oscd.community id 23ceaf5c-b6f1-4a32-8559-f2ff734be516 license Sigma · DRL-1.1
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title: Dumping Process via Sqldumper.exe
id: 23ceaf5c-b6f1-4a32-8559-f2ff734be516
status: test
description: Detects process dump via legitimate sqldumper.exe binary
references:
    - https://twitter.com/countuponsec/status/910977826853068800
    - https://twitter.com/countuponsec/status/910969424215232518
    - https://lolbas-project.github.io/lolbas/OtherMSBinaries/Sqldumper/
author: Kirill Kiryanov, oscd.community
date: 2020-10-08
modified: 2021-11-27
tags:
    - attack.credential-access
    - attack.t1003.001
logsource:
    category: process_creation
    product: windows
detection:
    selection:
        Image|endswith: '\sqldumper.exe'
        CommandLine|contains:
            - '0x0110'
            - '0x01100:40'
    condition: selection
falsepositives:
    - Legitimate MSSQL Server actions
level: medium
direct medium
Dropping Of Password Filter DLL
Detects dropping of dll files in system32 that may be used to retrieve user credentials from LSASS
status test author Sreeman id b7966f4a-b333-455b-8370-8ca53c229762 license Sigma · DRL-1.1
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title: Dropping Of Password Filter DLL
id: b7966f4a-b333-455b-8370-8ca53c229762
status: test
description: Detects dropping of dll files in system32 that may be used to retrieve user credentials from LSASS
references:
    - https://pentestlab.blog/2020/02/10/credential-access-password-filter-dll/
    - https://github.com/3gstudent/PasswordFilter/tree/master/PasswordFilter
author: Sreeman
date: 2020-10-29
modified: 2022-10-09
tags:
    - attack.persistence
    - attack.credential-access
    - attack.defense-impairment
    - attack.t1556.002
logsource:
    category: process_creation
    product: windows
detection:
    selection_cmdline:
        CommandLine|contains|all:
            - 'HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Lsa'
            - 'scecli\0*'
            - 'reg add'
    condition: selection_cmdline
falsepositives:
    - Unknown
level: medium
direct medium
LSA PPL Protection Setting Modification via CommandLine
Detects modification of LSA PPL protection settings via CommandLine. It may indicate an attempt to disable protection and enable credential dumping tools to access LSASS process memory.
status test author Florian Roth (Nextron Systems), Swachchhanda Shrawan Poudel (Nextron Systems) id 8c0eca51-0f88-4db2-9183-fdfb10c703f9 license Sigma · DRL-1.1
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title: LSA PPL Protection Setting Modification via CommandLine
id: 8c0eca51-0f88-4db2-9183-fdfb10c703f9
status: test
description: |
    Detects modification of LSA PPL protection settings via CommandLine.
    It may indicate an attempt to disable protection and enable credential dumping tools to access LSASS process memory.
references:
    - https://thedfirreport.com/2022/03/21/apt35-automates-initial-access-using-proxyshell/
    - https://github.com/shoober420/windows11-scripts/blob/38d83331738cd713ccb42f2c4557d17a27aefd98/Windows11Tweaks.bat#L1825
author: Florian Roth (Nextron Systems), Swachchhanda Shrawan Poudel (Nextron Systems)
date: 2022-03-22
modified: 2026-03-13
tags:
    - attack.defense-impairment
    - attack.t1689
logsource:
    category: process_creation
    product: windows
detection:
    selection_img:
        - Image|endswith:
              - '\reg.exe'
              - '\powershell.exe'
              - '\pwsh.exe'
        - OriginalFileName:
              - 'reg.exe'
              - 'powershell.exe'
              - 'pwsh.dll'
    selection_cli_action:
        CommandLine|contains|all:
            - 'ControlSet'
            - '\Control\Lsa'
        CommandLine|contains:
            - 'Set-ItemProperty'
            - 'New-ItemProperty'
            - ' add '
    selection_key:
        CommandLine|contains:
            - 'IsPplAutoEnabled'
            - 'RunAsPPL'
            - 'RunAsPPLBoot'
    condition: all of selection_*
falsepositives:
    - Unlikely
level: medium
direct medium
Capture Credentials with Rpcping.exe
Detects using Rpcping.exe to send a RPC test connection to the target server (-s) and force the NTLM hash to be sent in the process.
status test author Julia Fomina, oscd.community id 93671f99-04eb-4ab4-a161-70d446a84003 license Sigma · DRL-1.1
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title: Capture Credentials with Rpcping.exe
id: 93671f99-04eb-4ab4-a161-70d446a84003
status: test
description: Detects using Rpcping.exe to send a RPC test connection to the target server (-s) and force the NTLM hash to be sent in the process.
references:
    - https://lolbas-project.github.io/lolbas/Binaries/Rpcping/
    - https://twitter.com/vysecurity/status/974806438316072960
    - https://twitter.com/vysecurity/status/873181705024266241
    - https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/previous-versions/windows/it-pro/windows-server-2012-r2-and-2012/hh875578(v=ws.11)
author: Julia Fomina, oscd.community
date: 2020-10-09
modified: 2025-10-31
tags:
    - attack.credential-access
    - attack.t1003
logsource:
    category: process_creation
    product: windows
detection:
    selection_main_img:
        - Image|endswith: '\RpcPing.exe'
        - OriginalFileName: '\RpcPing.exe'
    selection_main_flag:
        CommandLine|contains|windash: '-s'
    selection_cli_ntlm:
        CommandLine|contains|windash: '-u'
        CommandLine|contains: 'NTLM'
    selection_cli_ncacn:
        CommandLine|contains|windash: '-t'
        CommandLine|contains: 'ncacn_np'
    condition: all of selection_main_* and 1 of selection_cli_*
falsepositives:
    - Unlikely
level: medium
direct medium
Potential Credential Dumping Activity Via LSASS
Detects process access requests to the LSASS process with specific call trace calls and access masks. This behaviour is expressed by many credential dumping tools such as Mimikatz, NanoDump, Invoke-Mimikatz, Procdump and even the Taskmgr dumping feature.
status test author Samir Bousseaden, Michael Haag id 5ef9853e-4d0e-4a70-846f-a9ca37d876da license Sigma · DRL-1.1
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title: Potential Credential Dumping Activity Via LSASS
id: 5ef9853e-4d0e-4a70-846f-a9ca37d876da
status: test
description: |
    Detects process access requests to the LSASS process with specific call trace calls and access masks.
    This behaviour is expressed by many credential dumping tools such as Mimikatz, NanoDump, Invoke-Mimikatz, Procdump and even the Taskmgr dumping feature.
references:
    - https://web.archive.org/web/20230329170326/https://blog.menasec.net/2019/02/threat-hunting-21-procdump-or-taskmgr.html
    - https://web.archive.org/web/20230208123920/https://cyberwardog.blogspot.com/2017/03/chronicles-of-threat-hunter-hunting-for_22.html
    - https://github.com/redcanaryco/atomic-red-team/blob/f339e7da7d05f6057fdfcdd3742bfcf365fee2a9/atomics/T1003.001/T1003.001.md
    - https://research.splunk.com/endpoint/windows_possible_credential_dumping/
author: Samir Bousseaden, Michael Haag
date: 2019-04-03
modified: 2024-03-02
tags:
    - attack.credential-access
    - attack.t1003.001
    - attack.s0002
logsource:
    category: process_access
    product: windows
detection:
    selection:
        TargetImage|endswith: '\lsass.exe'
        GrantedAccess|contains:
            - '0x1038'
            - '0x1438'
            - '0x143a'
            - '0x1fffff' # Too many false positives
            # - '0x01000'  # Too many false positives
            # - '0x1010'   # Too many false positives
            # - '0x1400'  # Too many false positives
            # - '0x1410' # Too many false positives
            # - '0x40'   # Too many false positives
        CallTrace|contains:
            - 'dbgcore.dll'
            - 'dbghelp.dll'
            - 'kernel32.dll'
            - 'kernelbase.dll'
            - 'ntdll.dll'
    filter_main_system_user:
        SourceUser|contains: # Covers many language settings
            - 'AUTHORI'
            - 'AUTORI'
    filter_optional_thor:
        CallTrace|contains|all:
            - ':\Windows\Temp\asgard2-agent\'
            - '\thor\thor64.exe+'
            - '|UNKNOWN('
        GrantedAccess: '0x103800'
    filter_optional_sysmon:
        SourceImage|endswith: ':\Windows\Sysmon64.exe'
    condition: selection and not 1 of filter_main_* and not 1 of filter_optional_*
falsepositives:
    - Unknown
level: medium
direct medium
Certificate Use With No Strong Mapping
Detects a user certificate that was valid but could not be mapped to a user in a strong way (such as via explicit mapping, key trust mapping, or a SID) This could be a sign of exploitation of the elevation of privilege vulnerabilities (CVE-2022-34691, CVE-2022-26931, CVE-2022-26923) that can occur when the KDC allows certificate spoofing by not requiring a strong mapping. Events where the AccountName and CN of the Subject do not match, or where the CN ends in a dollar sign indicating a machine, may indicate certificate spoofing.
status test author @br4dy5 id 993c2665-e6ef-40e3-a62a-e1a97686af79 license Sigma · DRL-1.1
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title: Certificate Use With No Strong Mapping
id: 993c2665-e6ef-40e3-a62a-e1a97686af79
status: test
description: |
    Detects a user certificate that was valid but could not be mapped to a user in a strong way (such as via explicit mapping, key trust mapping, or a SID)
    This could be a sign of exploitation of the elevation of privilege vulnerabilities (CVE-2022-34691, CVE-2022-26931, CVE-2022-26923) that can occur when the KDC allows certificate spoofing by not requiring a strong mapping.
    Events where the AccountName and CN of the Subject do not match, or where the CN ends in a dollar sign indicating a machine, may indicate certificate spoofing.
references:
    - https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/topic/kb5014754-certificate-based-authentication-changes-on-windows-domain-controllers-ad2c23b0-15d8-4340-a468-4d4f3b188f16
author: '@br4dy5'
date: 2023-10-09
modified: 2025-09-22
tags:
    - attack.privilege-escalation
logsource:
    product: windows
    service: system
detection:
    selection:
        Provider_Name:
            - 'Kerberos-Key-Distribution-Center'
            - 'Microsoft-Windows-Kerberos-Key-Distribution-Center'
        EventID:
            - 39
            - 41 # For Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1 and Windows Server 2008 SP2
    condition: selection
falsepositives:
    - If prevalent in the environment, filter on events where the AccountName and CN of the Subject do not reference the same user
    - If prevalent in the environment, filter on CNs that end in a dollar sign indicating it is a machine name
level: medium
direct medium
Potential Credential Dumping Attempt Using New NetworkProvider - REG
Detects when an attacker tries to add a new network provider in order to dump clear text credentials, similar to how the NPPSpy tool does it
status test author Nasreddine Bencherchali (Nextron Systems) id 0442defa-b4a2-41c9-ae2c-ea7042fc4701 license Sigma · DRL-1.1
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title: Potential Credential Dumping Attempt Using New NetworkProvider - REG
id: 0442defa-b4a2-41c9-ae2c-ea7042fc4701
related:
    - id: baef1ec6-2ca9-47a3-97cc-4cf2bda10b77
      type: similar
status: test
description: Detects when an attacker tries to add a new network provider in order to dump clear text credentials, similar to how the NPPSpy tool does it
references:
    - https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/troubleshoot/windows-client/setup-upgrade-and-drivers/network-provider-settings-removed-in-place-upgrade
    - https://github.com/gtworek/PSBits/tree/master/PasswordStealing/NPPSpy
author: Nasreddine Bencherchali (Nextron Systems)
date: 2022-08-23
modified: 2023-08-17
tags:
    - attack.credential-access
    - attack.t1003
logsource:
    category: registry_set
    product: windows
detection:
    selection:
        TargetObject|contains|all:
            - '\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\'
            - '\NetworkProvider'
    filter:
        TargetObject|contains:
            - '\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\WebClient\NetworkProvider'
            - '\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\LanmanWorkstation\NetworkProvider'
            - '\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\RDPNP\NetworkProvider'
            # - '\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\P9NP\NetworkProvider' # Related to WSL remove the comment if you use WSL in your ENV
    filter_valid_procs:
        Image: C:\Windows\System32\poqexec.exe
    condition: selection and not 1 of filter*
falsepositives:
    - Other legitimate network providers used and not filtred in this rule
level: medium
direct low
Overwriting the File with Dev Zero or Null
Detects overwriting (effectively wiping/deleting) of a file.
status stable author Jakob Weinzettl, oscd.community id 37222991-11e9-4b6d-8bdf-60fbe48f753e license Sigma · DRL-1.1
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title: Overwriting the File with Dev Zero or Null
id: 37222991-11e9-4b6d-8bdf-60fbe48f753e
status: stable
description: Detects overwriting (effectively wiping/deleting) of a file.
references:
    - https://github.com/redcanaryco/atomic-red-team/blob/f339e7da7d05f6057fdfcdd3742bfcf365fee2a9/atomics/T1485/T1485.md
author: Jakob Weinzettl, oscd.community
date: 2019-10-23
tags:
    - attack.impact
    - attack.t1485
logsource:
    product: linux
    service: auditd
detection:
    selection:
        type: 'EXECVE'
        a0|contains: 'dd'
        a1|contains:
            - 'if=/dev/null'
            - 'if=/dev/zero'
    condition: selection
falsepositives:
    - Appending null bytes to files.
    - Legitimate overwrite of files.
level: low
direct low
Stop Windows Service Via PowerShell Stop-Service
Detects the stopping of a Windows service via the PowerShell Cmdlet "Stop-Service"
status test author Jakob Weinzettl, oscd.community, Nasreddine Bencherchali (Nextron Systems) id c49c5062-0966-4170-9efd-9968c913a6cf license Sigma · DRL-1.1
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title: Stop Windows Service Via PowerShell Stop-Service
id: c49c5062-0966-4170-9efd-9968c913a6cf
related:
    - id: eb87818d-db5d-49cc-a987-d5da331fbd90
      type: obsolete
status: test
description: Detects the stopping of a Windows service via the PowerShell Cmdlet "Stop-Service"
references:
    - https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/powershell/module/microsoft.powershell.management/stop-service?view=powershell-7.4
author: Jakob Weinzettl, oscd.community, Nasreddine Bencherchali (Nextron Systems)
date: 2023-03-05
tags:
    - attack.impact
    - attack.t1489
logsource:
    category: process_creation
    product: windows
detection:
    selection_sc_net_img:
        - OriginalFileName:
              - 'PowerShell.EXE'
              - 'pwsh.dll'
        - Image|endswith:
              - '\powershell.exe'
              - '\pwsh.exe'
    selection_cli:
        CommandLine|contains: 'Stop-Service '
    condition: all of selection_*
falsepositives:
    - There are many legitimate reasons to stop a service. This rule isn't looking for any suspicious behaviour in particular. Filter legitimate activity accordingly
level: low
direct low
Stop Windows Service Via Net.EXE
Detects the stopping of a Windows service via the "net" utility.
status test author Jakob Weinzettl, oscd.community, Nasreddine Bencherchali (Nextron Systems) id 88872991-7445-4a22-90b2-a3adadb0e827 license Sigma · DRL-1.1
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title: Stop Windows Service Via Net.EXE
id: 88872991-7445-4a22-90b2-a3adadb0e827
related:
    - id: eb87818d-db5d-49cc-a987-d5da331fbd90
      type: obsolete
status: test
description: Detects the stopping of a Windows service via the "net" utility.
references:
    - https://ss64.com/nt/net-service.html
author: Jakob Weinzettl, oscd.community, Nasreddine Bencherchali (Nextron Systems)
date: 2023-03-05
tags:
    - attack.impact
    - attack.t1489
logsource:
    category: process_creation
    product: windows
detection:
    selection_img:
        - OriginalFileName:
              - 'net.exe'
              - 'net1.exe'
        - Image|endswith:
              - '\net.exe'
              - '\net1.exe'
    selection_cli:
        CommandLine|contains: ' stop '
    condition: all of selection_*
falsepositives:
    - There are many legitimate reasons to stop a service. This rule isn't looking for any suspicious behaviour in particular. Filter legitimate activity accordingly
level: low
direct low
Stop Windows Service Via Sc.EXE
Detects the stopping of a Windows service via the "sc.exe" utility
status test author Jakob Weinzettl, oscd.community, Nasreddine Bencherchali (Nextron Systems) id 81bcb81b-5b1f-474b-b373-52c871aaa7b1 license Sigma · DRL-1.1
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title: Stop Windows Service Via Sc.EXE
id: 81bcb81b-5b1f-474b-b373-52c871aaa7b1
related:
    - id: eb87818d-db5d-49cc-a987-d5da331fbd90
      type: obsolete
status: test
description: Detects the stopping of a Windows service via the "sc.exe" utility
references:
    - https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/previous-versions/windows/it-pro/windows-server-2012-r2-and-2012/cc742107(v=ws.11)
author: Jakob Weinzettl, oscd.community, Nasreddine Bencherchali (Nextron Systems)
date: 2023-03-05
modified: 2024-01-18
tags:
    - attack.impact
    - attack.t1489
logsource:
    category: process_creation
    product: windows
detection:
    selection_img:
        - OriginalFileName: 'sc.exe'
        - Image|endswith: '\sc.exe'
    selection_cli:
        CommandLine|contains: ' stop '
    condition: all of selection_*
falsepositives:
    - There are many legitimate reasons to stop a service. This rule isn't looking for any suspicious behavior in particular. Filter legitimate activity accordingly
level: low
regression_tests_path: regression_data/rules/windows/process_creation/proc_creation_win_sc_stop_service/info.yml
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