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Volume Shadow Copy Deleted or Resized via VssAdmin
editVolume Shadow Copy Deleted or Resized via VssAdmin
editIdentifies use of vssadmin.exe for shadow copy deletion or resizing on endpoints. This commonly occurs in tandem with ransomware or other destructive attacks.
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
Tags:
- Elastic
- Host
- Windows
- Threat Detection
- Impact
Version: 11 (version history)
Added (Elastic Stack release): 7.6.0
Last modified (Elastic Stack release): 8.1.0
Rule authors: Elastic
Rule license: Elastic License v2
Rule query
editprocess where event.type in ("start", "process_started") and (process.name : "vssadmin.exe" or process.pe.original_file_name == "VSSADMIN.EXE") and process.args in ("delete", "resize") and process.args : "shadows*"
Threat mapping
editFramework: MITRE ATT&CKTM
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Tactic:
- Name: Impact
- ID: TA0040
- Reference URL: https://attack.mitre.org/tactics/TA0040/
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Technique:
- Name: Inhibit System Recovery
- ID: T1490
- Reference URL: https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1490/
Rule version history
edit- Version 11 (8.1.0 release)
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Updated query, changed from:
process where event.type in ("start", "process_started") and event.action == "start" and (process.name : "vssadmin.exe" or process.pe.original_file_name == "VSSADMIN.EXE") and process.args in ("delete", "resize") and process.args : "shadows*"
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- Version 10 (7.16.0 release)
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- Rule name changed from: Volume Shadow Copy Deletion via VssAdmin
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Updated query, changed from:
process where event.type in ("start", "process_started") and (process.name : "vssadmin.exe" or process.pe.original_file_name == "VSSADMIN.EXE") and process.args : "delete" and process.args : "shadows"
- Version 9 (7.13.0 release)
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Updated query, changed from:
event.category:process and event.type:(start or process_started) and process.name:vssadmin.exe and process.args:(delete and shadows)
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- Version 8 (7.12.0 release)
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- Formatting only
- Version 7 (7.11.2 release)
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- Formatting only
- Version 6 (7.11.0 release)
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- Formatting only
- Version 5 (7.10.0 release)
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- Formatting only
- Version 4 (7.9.1 release)
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- Formatting only
- Version 3 (7.9.0 release)
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Updated query, changed from:
event.action:"Process Create (rule: ProcessCreate)" and process.name:vssadmin.exe and process.args:(delete and shadows)
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- Version 2 (7.7.0 release)
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Updated query, changed from:
event.action:"Process Create (rule: ProcessCreate)" and process.name:"vssadmin.exe" and process.args:("delete" and "shadows")
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