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HackTool - XORDump Execution

Severity
high
Author
Florian Roth (Nextron Systems)
Source
upstream

Detects suspicious use of XORDump process memory dumping utility

MITRE ATT&CK coverage

TacticTechniques
Defense EvasionT1036 Masquerading
Credential AccessT1003.001 OS Credential Dumping: LSASS Memory

Event coverage

ProviderEvent IDTitle
Sysmon1Process creation
Security-Auditing4688A new process has been created.

Stages and Predicates

Stage 1: selection

or:
CommandLine|contains: ' -m comsvcs '
CommandLine|contains: ' -m dbgcore '
CommandLine|contains: ' -m dbghelp '
CommandLine|contains: ' -process lsass.exe '
Image|endswith: '\xordump.exe'

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.

FieldKindValues
CommandLinematch
  • -m comsvcs
  • -m dbgcore
  • -m dbghelp
  • -process lsass.exe
Imageends_with
  • \xordump.exe corpus 2 (sigma 2)