Detection rules › Sigma

VeeamBackup Database Credentials Dump Via Sqlcmd.EXE

Severity
high
Author
frack113
Source
upstream

Detects dump of credentials in VeeamBackup dbo

MITRE ATT&CK coverage

TacticTechniques
CollectionT1005 Data from Local System

Event coverage

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

Stages and Predicates

Stage 1: all of selection_tools

Image|endswith: '\sqlcmd.exe'

Stage 2: all of selection_query

CommandLine|contains: SELECT
CommandLine|contains: TOP
CommandLine|contains: '[VeeamBackup].[dbo].[Credentials]'

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
  • SELECT
  • TOP
  • [VeeamBackup].[dbo].[Credentials]
Imageends_with
  • \sqlcmd.exe corpus 2 (sigma 2)

Neighbors

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