Lsass Full Dump Request Via DumpType Registry Settings

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About the rule

Rule Type

Standard

Rule Description

Detects the setting of the "DumpType" registry value to "2" which stands for a "Full Dump". Technique such as LSASS Shtinkering requires this value to be "2" in order to dump LSASS.

Severity

Trouble

Rule Requirement

Criteria

Action1: actionname = "Registry value modified" AND (OBJECTNAME contains "\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\Windows Error Reporting\LocalDumps\DumpType,\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\Windows Error Reporting\LocalDumps\lsass.exe\DumpType" OR ((OBJECTNAME endswith "\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\Windows Error Reporting\LocalDumps" AND OBJECTVALUENAME startswith "DumpType") OR (OBJECTNAME endswith "\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\Windows Error Reporting\LocalDumps\lsass.exe" AND OBJECTVALUENAME startswith "DumpType"))) AND (INFORMATION = "DWORD (0x00000002)" OR (CHANGES = 2 AND NEWTYPE = "REG_DWORD")) select Action1.HOSTNAME,Action1.MESSAGE,Action1.OBJECTNAME,Action1.PROCESSNAME,Action1.PREVVAL,Action1.CHANGES

Detection

Execution Mode

realtime

Log Sources

Windows

Author

@pbssubhash