Dump Ntds.dit To Suspicious Location

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About the rule

Rule Type

Standard

Rule Description

Detects potential abuse of ntdsutil to dump ntds.dit database to a suspicious location

Severity

Trouble

Rule Requirement

Criteria

Action1: actionname = "ESENT Abuse" AND (SOURCE = "ESENT" AND MESSAGE contains "ntds.dit") AND MESSAGE contains ":\ntds.dit,\Appdata\,\Desktop\,\Downloads\,\Perflogs\,\Temp\,\Users\Public" select Action1.HOSTNAME,Action1.MESSAGE,Action1.PROFILEPATH,Action1.HOMEDIRECTORY

Detection

Execution Mode

realtime

Log Sources

Active Directory

Author

Nasreddine Bencherchali (Nextron Systems)