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Suspicious Kernel Dump Using Dtrace
Detects suspicious way to dump the kernel on Windows systems using dtrace.exe, which is available on Windows systems since Windows 10 19H1
MITRE ATT&CK coverage
| Tactic | Techniques |
|---|---|
| Discovery | T1082 System Information Discovery |
Event coverage
| Provider | Event | Title |
|---|---|---|
| Sysmon | Event ID 1 | Process creation |
| Security-Auditing | Event ID 4688 | A new process has been created. |
Rule body yaml
title: Suspicious Kernel Dump Using Dtrace
id: 7124aebe-4cd7-4ccb-8df0-6d6b93c96795
status: test
description: Detects suspicious way to dump the kernel on Windows systems using dtrace.exe, which is available on Windows systems since Windows 10 19H1
references:
- https://twitter.com/0gtweet/status/1474899714290208777?s=12
- https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-hardware/drivers/devtest/dtrace
author: Florian Roth (Nextron Systems)
date: 2021-12-28
tags:
- attack.discovery
- attack.t1082
logsource:
product: windows
category: process_creation
detection:
selection_plain:
Image|endswith: '\dtrace.exe'
CommandLine|contains: 'lkd(0)'
selection_obfuscated:
CommandLine|contains|all:
- 'syscall:::return'
- 'lkd('
condition: 1 of selection*
falsepositives:
- Unknown
level: high
regression_tests_path: regression_data/rules/windows/process_creation/proc_creation_win_dtrace_kernel_dump/info.yml
Stages and Predicates
Stage 0: condition
1 of selection*Stage 1: selection_plain
selection_plain:
Image|endswith: '\dtrace.exe'
CommandLine|contains: 'lkd(0)'
Stage 2: selection_obfuscated
selection_obfuscated:
CommandLine|contains|all:
- 'syscall:::return'
- 'lkd('
Indicators
Each row is a field, operator, and value that the rule matches. The corpus column counts how many other rules in the catalog look for the same combination: high numbers point to widely-used, community-vetted indicators. Blank or 1 shows that the indicator is specific to this rule.
| Field | Kind | Values |
|---|---|---|
CommandLine | match |
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Image | ends_with |
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