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Potential Credential Access via DuplicateHandle in LSASS
editPotential Credential Access via DuplicateHandle in LSASS
editIdentifies suspicious access to an LSASS handle via DuplicateHandle from an unknown call trace module. This may indicate an attempt to bypass the NtOpenProcess API to evade detection and dump LSASS memory for credential access.
Rule type: eql
Rule indices:
- winlogbeat-*
- logs-windows.*
Severity: medium
Risk score: 47
Runs every: 5 minutes
Searches indices from: now-9m (Date Math format, see also Additional look-back time
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Maximum alerts per execution: 100
References:
Tags:
- Elastic
- Host
- Windows
- Threat Detection
- Credential Access
- Sysmon Only
Version: 101 (version history)
Added (Elastic Stack release): 7.16.0
Last modified (Elastic Stack release): 8.6.0
Rule authors: Elastic
Rule license: Elastic License v2
Investigation guide
editRule query
editprocess where event.code == "10" and /* LSASS requesting DuplicateHandle access right to another process */ process.name : "lsass.exe" and winlog.event_data.GrantedAccess == "0x40" and /* call is coming from an unknown executable region */ winlog.event_data.CallTrace : "*UNKNOWN*"
Threat mapping
editFramework: MITRE ATT&CKTM
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Tactic:
- Name: Credential Access
- ID: TA0006
- Reference URL: https://attack.mitre.org/tactics/TA0006/
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Technique:
- Name: OS Credential Dumping
- ID: T1003
- Reference URL: https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1003/
Rule version history
edit- Version 101 (8.6.0 release)
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- Version 100 (8.5.0 release)
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- Version 5 (8.4.0 release)
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Updated query, changed from:
process where event.code == "10" and /* LSASS requesting DuplicateHandle access right to another process */ process.name : "lsass.exe" and winlog.event_data.GrantedAccess == "0x40" and /* call is coming from an unknown executable region */ winlog.event_data.CallTrace : "*UNKNOWN*"
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- Version 3 (8.2.0 release)
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- Version 2 (8.0.0 release)
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