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Potential Credential Access via Renamed COM+ Services DLL
editPotential Credential Access via Renamed COM+ Services DLL
editIdentifies suspicious renamed COMSVCS.DLL Image Load, which exports the MiniDump function that can be used to dump a process memory. This may indicate an attempt to dump LSASS memory while bypassing command-line based detection in preparation for credential access.
Rule type: eql
Rule indices:
- winlogbeat-*
- 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
- Sysmon Only
Version: 101 (version history)
Added (Elastic Stack release): 8.0.0
Last modified (Elastic Stack release): 8.6.0
Rule authors: Elastic
Rule license: Elastic License v2
Investigation guide
editRule query
editsequence by process.entity_id with maxspan=1m [process where event.category == "process" and process.name : "rundll32.exe"] [process where event.category == "process" and event.dataset : "windows.sysmon_operational" and event.code == "7" and (file.pe.original_file_name : "COMSVCS.DLL" or file.pe.imphash : "EADBCCBB324829ACB5F2BBE87E5549A8") and /* renamed COMSVCS */ not file.name : "COMSVCS.DLL"]
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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- Formatting only
- Version 100 (8.5.0 release)
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- Formatting only
- Version 5 (8.4.0 release)
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- Formatting only
- Version 3 (8.2.0 release)
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- Formatting only
- Version 2 (8.1.0 release)
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- Formatting only