Detection rules › Sigma
Suspicious Get-ADDBAccount Usage
Detects suspicious invocation of the Get-ADDBAccount script that reads from a ntds.dit file and may be used to get access to credentials without using any credential dumpers
MITRE ATT&CK coverage
| Tactic | Techniques |
|---|---|
| Credential Access | T1003.003 OS Credential Dumping: NTDS |
Event coverage
| Provider | Event ID | Title |
|---|---|---|
| PowerShell | 4103 | Payload Context: ContextInfo User Data: UserData. |
Stages and Predicates
Stage 1: selection
Payload|contains: 'BootKey '
Payload|contains: 'DatabasePath '
Payload|contains: Get-ADDBAccount
Indicators
Each row is a field, operator, and value that the rule matches. The corpus column counts how many other rules in the catalog look for the same combination: high numbers point to widely-used, community-vetted indicators. Blank or 1 shows that the indicator is specific to this rule.
| Field | Kind | Values |
|---|---|---|
Payload | match |
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