Detection rules › Sigma
Suspicious Usage Of Active Directory Diagnostic Tool (ntdsutil.exe)
Detects execution of ntdsutil.exe to perform different actions such as restoring snapshots...etc.
MITRE ATT&CK coverage
| Tactic | Techniques |
|---|---|
| Credential Access | T1003.003 OS Credential Dumping: NTDS |
Event coverage
| Provider | Event ID | Title |
|---|---|---|
| Sysmon | 1 | Process creation |
Stages and Predicates
Stage 1: all of selection_img
or:
Image|endswith: '\ntdsutil.exe'
OriginalFileName: ntdsutil.exe
Stage 2: all of selection_cli
or:
CommandLine|contains: ' i'
CommandLine|contains: ' ntds'
CommandLine|contains: ac
CommandLine|contains: 'mount '
CommandLine|contains: snapshot
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 |
|---|---|---|
CommandLine | match |
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Image | ends_with |
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OriginalFileName | eq |
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