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Credential Dumping Tools Service Execution - System
Detects well-known credential dumping tools execution via service execution events
Known false positives
- Legitimate Administrator using credential dumping tool for password recovery
MITRE ATT&CK coverage
| Tactic | Techniques |
|---|---|
| Execution | |
| Credential Access |
Telemetry coverage
| Provider | Record / event type |
|---|---|
| Service-Control-Manager | Event ID 7045: A service was installed in the system. |
Rule body
title: Credential Dumping Tools Service Execution - System
id: 4976aa50-8f41-45c6-8b15-ab3fc10e79ed
status: test
description: Detects well-known credential dumping tools execution via service execution events
references:
- https://www.slideshare.net/heirhabarov/hunting-for-credentials-dumping-in-windows-environment
author: Florian Roth (Nextron Systems), Teymur Kheirkhabarov, Daniil Yugoslavskiy, oscd.community
date: 2017-03-05
modified: 2022-11-29
tags:
- attack.credential-access
- attack.execution
- attack.t1003.001
- attack.t1003.002
- attack.t1003.004
- attack.t1003.005
- attack.t1003.006
- attack.t1569.002
- attack.s0005
logsource:
product: windows
service: system
detection:
selection:
Provider_Name: 'Service Control Manager'
EventID: 7045
ImagePath|contains:
- 'cachedump'
- 'dumpsvc'
- 'fgexec'
- 'gsecdump'
- 'mimidrv'
- 'pwdump'
- 'servpw'
condition: selection
falsepositives:
- Legitimate Administrator using credential dumping tool for password recovery
level: high
Stages and Predicates
Stage 0: condition
selectionStage 1: selection
selection:
Provider_Name: 'Service Control Manager'
EventID: 7045
ImagePath|contains:
- 'cachedump'
- 'dumpsvc'
- 'fgexec'
- 'gsecdump'
- 'mimidrv'
- 'pwdump'
- 'servpw'
Indicators
These rows show field, operator, and value matches.
| Field | Kind | Values | Search |
|---|---|---|---|
ImagePath | match |
| field:"ImagePath" kind:match |
Provider_Name | eq |
| field:"Provider_Name" kind:eq value:"Service Control Manager" |