Remote Thread Created In KeePass.EXE

Status: test
Severity: high
Log source: category create_remote_thread, product windows
Author: Timon Hackenjos
Source: github.com/SigmaHQ/sigma

Detects remote thread creation in "KeePass.exe" which could indicates potential password dumping activity

MITRE ATT&CK coverage

Tactic	Techniques
Credential Access	`T1555.005` Credentials from Password Stores: Password Managers

Telemetry coverage

Provider	Record / event type
Sysmon	Event ID 8: CreateRemoteThread

Rule body

title: Remote Thread Created In KeePass.EXE
id: 77564cc2-7382-438b-a7f6-395c2ae53b9a
status: test
description: Detects remote thread creation in "KeePass.exe" which could indicates potential password dumping activity
references:
    - https://www.cisa.gov/uscert/ncas/alerts/aa20-259a
    - https://github.com/denandz/KeeFarce
    - https://github.com/GhostPack/KeeThief
author: Timon Hackenjos
date: 2022-04-22
modified: 2023-05-05
tags:
    - attack.credential-access
    - attack.t1555.005
logsource:
    product: windows
    category: create_remote_thread
detection:
    selection:
        TargetImage|endswith: '\KeePass.exe'
    condition: selection
falsepositives:
    - Unknown
level: high

Stages and Predicates

Stage 0: `condition`

selection

Stage 1: `selection`

selection:
    TargetImage|endswith: '\KeePass.exe'

Indicators

These rows show field, operator, and value matches.

Field	Kind	Values	Search
`TargetImage`	ends_with	`\KeePass.exe`	`field:"TargetImage" kind:ends_with value:"\KeePass.exe"`

Remote Thread Created In KeePass.EXE

MITRE ATT&CK coverage

Telemetry coverage

Rule body

Stages and Predicates

Stage 0: condition

Stage 1: selection

Indicators

Stage 0: `condition`

Stage 1: `selection`