NTDSutil Pulling of NTDS.dit File

calendar Nov 29, 2022 · attack.credential_access attack.t1003 attack.t1003.003  ·
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Detects use of the ntdsutil utility to pull ntds.dit (Active Directory database).

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 1title: NTDSutil Pulling of NTDS.dit File
 2id: e6be4f3d-9ef7-49ff-a18e-633ae489b3e4
 3status: experimental
 4description: Detects use of the ntdsutil utility to pull ntds.dit (Active Directory database). 
 5references:
 6    - https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/security/blog/2022/10/25/dev-0832-vice-society-opportunistic-ransomware-campaigns-impacting-us-education-sector/
 7    - https://adsecurity.org/?p=2398#CreateIFM
 8author: Micah Babinski
 9date: 2022/11/27
10tags:
11    - attack.credential_access
12    - attack.t1003
13    - attack.t1003.003
14logsource:
15    category: process_creation
16    product: windows
17detection:
18    selection:
19        Image|endswith: '\ntdsutil.exe'
20        CommandLine|contains:
21            - 'create'
22            - 'full'
23    condition: selection
24falsepositives:
25    - Unknown
26level: high```

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