Credential Acquisition via Registry Hive Dumping

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Credential Acquisition via Registry Hive Dumping

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Identifies 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: 5m

Searches indices from: now-9m (Date Math format, see also Additional look-back time)

Maximum alerts per execution: 100

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Tags:

  • Elastic
  • Host
  • Windows
  • Threat Detection
  • Credential Access

Version: 4

Rule authors:

  • Elastic

Rule license: Elastic License v2

Rule query

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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")

Framework: MITRE ATT&CKTM