Sensitive File Dump Via Wbadmin.EXE
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About the rule
Rule Type
Standard
Rule Description
Detects the dump of highly sensitive files such as "NTDS.DIT" and "SECURITY" hive. Attackers can leverage the "wbadmin" utility in order to dump sensitive files that might contain credential or sensitive information.
Severity
Trouble
Rule Requirement
Criteria
Action1: actionname = "Process started" AND (PROCESSNAME endswith "\wbadmin.exe" OR ORIGINALFILENAME = "WBADMIN.EXE") AND COMMANDLINE contains "start,backup" AND COMMANDLINE contains "\config\SAM,\config\SECURITY,\config\SYSTEM,\Windows\NTDS\NTDS.dit" select Action1.HOSTNAME,Action1.MESSAGE,Action1.COMMANDLINE,Action1.FILE_NAME,Action1.PROCESSNAME,Action1.USERNAME,Action1.PARENTPROCESSNAME
Detection
Execution Mode
realtime
Log Sources
Windows
Author
Nasreddine Bencherchali (Nextron Systems), frack113
