IMPORTANT: No additional bug fixes or documentation updates
will be released for this version. For the latest information, see the
current release documentation.
Credential Acquisition via Registry Hive Dumping
editCredential Acquisition via Registry Hive Dumping
editIdentifies attempts to export a registry hive which may contain credentials using the Windows reg.exe tool.
Rule type: eql
Rule indices:
- winlogbeat-*
- logs-endpoint.events.*
- logs-windows.*
Severity: high
Risk score: 73
Runs every: 5 minutes
Searches indices from: now-9m (Date Math format, see also Additional look-back time)
Maximum alerts per execution: 100
References:
Tags:
- Elastic
- Host
- Windows
- Threat Detection
- Credential Access
Version: 4 (version history)
Added (Elastic Stack release): 7.11.0
Last modified (Elastic Stack release): 7.16.0
Rule authors: Elastic
Rule license: Elastic License v2
Rule query
editprocess where event.type in ("start", "process_started") and
process.pe.original_file_name == "reg.exe" and process.args :
("save", "export") and process.args : ("hklm\\sam", "hklm\\security")
Threat mapping
editFramework: MITRE ATT&CKTM
-
Tactic:
- Name: Credential Access
- ID: TA0006
- Reference URL: https://attack.mitre.org/tactics/TA0006/
-
Technique:
- Name: OS Credential Dumping
- ID: T1003
- Reference URL: https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1003/
Rule version history
edit- Version 4 (7.16.0 release)
-
- Formatting only
- Version 3 (7.12.0 release)
-
-
Updated query, changed from:
process where event.type in ("start", "process_started") and process.pe.original_file_name == "reg.exe" and process.args : ("save", "export") and process.args : ("hklm\\sam", "hklm\\security") and not process.parent.executable : "C:\\Program Files*\\Rapid7\\Insight Agent\\components\\insight_agent\\*\\ir_agent.exe"
-
- Version 2 (7.11.2 release)
-
-
Updated query, changed from:
process where event.type in ("start", "process_started") and process.pe.original_file_name == "reg.exe" and process.args : ("save", "export") and process.args : ("hklm\\sam", "hklm\\security") and not process.parent.executable : "C:\\Program Files*\\Rapid7\\Insight Agent\\components\\insight_agent\\*\\ir_agent.exe"
-