LSASS Process Memory Dump Files

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About the rule

Rule Type

Standard

Rule Description

Detects creation of files with names used by different memory dumping tools to create a memory dump of the LSASS process memory, which contains user credentials.

Severity

Trouble

Rule Requirement

Criteria

Action1: actionname = "File Created or Modified" AND (FILENAME endswith "\Andrew.dmp,\Coredump.dmp,\lsass.dmp,\lsass.rar,\lsass.zip,\NotLSASS.zip,\PPLBlade.dmp,\rustive.dmp" OR OBJECTNAME endswith "\Andrew.dmp,\Coredump.dmp,\lsass.dmp,\lsass.rar,\lsass.zip,\NotLSASS.zip,\PPLBlade.dmp,\rustive.dmp") OR (FILENAME contains "\lsass_2,\lsassdmp,\lsassdump" OR OBJECTNAME contains "\lsass_2,\lsassdmp,\lsassdump") OR ((FILENAME contains "\lsass" AND FILENAME contains ".dmp") OR (OBJECTNAME contains "\lsass" AND OBJECTNAME contains ".dmp")) OR ((FILENAME contains "SQLDmpr" OR OBJECTNAME contains "SQLDmpr") AND (FILENAME endswith ".mdmp" OR OBJECTNAME endswith ".mdmp")) OR ((FILENAME contains "\nanodump,\proc_" OR OBJECTNAME contains "\nanodump,\proc_") AND (FILENAME endswith ".dmp" OR OBJECTNAME endswith ".dmp")) select Action1.HOSTNAME,Action1.MESSAGE,Action1.USERNAME,Action1.DOMAIN,Action1.OBJECTNAME,Action1.FILENAME,Action1.PROCESSNAME

Detection

Execution Mode

realtime

Log Sources

Windows

Author

Florian Roth (Nextron Systems)