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0x103800

Detects process access requests to the LSASS process with specific call trace calls and access masks. This behaviour is expressed by many credential dumping tools such as Mimikatz, NanoDump, Invoke-Mimikatz, Procdump and even the Taskmgr dumping feature.

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Detection Logic

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rule potential_credential_dumping_activity_via_lsass {

  meta:
    author = "Samir Bousseaden, Michael Haag"
    description = "Detects process access requests to the LSASS process with specific call trace calls and access masks. This behaviour is expressed by many credential dumping tools such as Mimikatz, NanoDump, Invoke-Mimikatz, Procdump and even the Taskmgr dumping feature."
    reference = "https://github.com/SigmaHQ/sigma/blob/master/rules/windows/process_access/proc_access_win_lsass_memdump.yml"
    license = "https://github.com/SigmaHQ/Detection-Rule-License/blob/main/LICENSE.Detection.Rules.md"
    rule_name = "Potential Credential Dumping Activity Via LSASS"
    sigma_uuid = "5ef9853e-4d0e-4a70-846f-a9ca37d876da"
    sigma_status = "experimental"
    rule_id = "mr_33474568-9a0a-4588-ba79-144ab7908f8e"
    tactic = "TA0006"
    technique = "T1003.001"
    type = "Detection"
    data_source = "Sysmon"
    platform = "Windows"
    severity = "Medium"
    priority = "Medium"
    false_positives = "Unknown"

  events:
    $process.metadata.event_type = "PROCESS_OPEN"
    re.regex($process.target.process.file.full_path, `\\lsass\.exe$`) nocase
    (
        strings.contains(strings.to_lower($process.target.resource.name), "0x1038") or
        strings.contains(strings.to_lower($process.target.resource.name), "0x1438") or
        strings.contains(strings.to_lower($process.target.resource.name), "0x143a") or
        strings.contains(strings.to_lower($process.target.resource.name), "0x1fffff") //questionable, this one and others have been filtered out due to FP
    )
    (
        strings.contains(strings.to_lower($process.additional.fields["CallTrace"]), "dbgcore.dll") or
        strings.contains(strings.to_lower($process.additional.fields["CallTrace"]), "dbghelp.dll") or
        strings.contains(strings.to_lower($process.additional.fields["CallTrace"]), "kernel32.dll") or
        strings.contains(strings.to_lower($process.additional.fields["CallTrace"]), "kernelbase.dll") or
        strings.contains(strings.to_lower($process.additional.fields["CallTrace"]), "ntdll.dll")
    )
    NOT (
            strings.contains($process.principal.administrative_domain, "AUTHORI") or
            strings.contains($process.principal.administrative_domain, "AUTORI")
        )
    NOT (
        strings.contains(strings.to_lower($process.additional.fields["CallTrace"]), ":\\windows\\temp\\asgard2-agent\\") and
        strings.contains(strings.to_lower($process.additional.fields["CallTrace"]), "\\thor\\thor64.exe+") and
        strings.contains(strings.to_upper($process.additional.fields["CallTrace"]), "
| UNKNOWN(") and
        $process.target.resource.name = "0x103800" nocase
        )
    NOT re.regex($process.principal.process.file.full_path, `:\\Windows\\Sysmon64\.exe$`) nocase
    $process.principal.hostname = $hostname

  match:
    $hostname over 5m

  outcome:
    //example usage of specifying test hostname to adjust risk score
    $risk_score = max(if($process.principal.hostname = "hostname", 0, 15))
    $principal_process_pid = array_distinct($process.principal.process.pid)
    $principal_process_command_line = array_distinct($process.principal.process.command_line)
    $principal_process_file_sha256 = array_distinct($process.principal.process.file.sha256)
    $principal_process_file_full_path = array_distinct($process.principal.process.file.full_path)
    $principal_process_product_specfic_process_id = array_distinct($process.principal.process.product_specific_process_id)
    $principal_process_parent_process_product_specfic_process_id = array_distinct($process.principal.process.parent_process.product_specific_process_id)
    $target_process_pid = array_distinct($process.target.process.pid)
    $target_process_command_line = array_distinct($process.target.process.command_line)
    $target_process_file_sha256 = array_distinct($process.target.process.file.sha256)
    $target_process_file_full_path = array_distinct($process.target.process.file.full_path)
    $target_process_product_specfic_process_id = array_distinct($process.target.process.product_specific_process_id)
    $log_type = array_distinct(strings.concat($process.metadata.log_type,"/",$process.metadata.product_event_type))

  condition:
    $process
}

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