HackTool - Typical HiveNightmare SAM File Export

Detects files written by the different tools that exploit HiveNightmare

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 1title: HackTool - Typical HiveNightmare SAM File Export
 2id: 6ea858a8-ba71-4a12-b2cc-5d83312404c7
 3status: test
 4description: Detects files written by the different tools that exploit HiveNightmare
 5references:
 6    - https://github.com/GossiTheDog/HiveNightmare
 7    - https://github.com/FireFart/hivenightmare/
 8    - https://github.com/WiredPulse/Invoke-HiveNightmare
 9    - https://twitter.com/cube0x0/status/1418920190759378944
10author: Florian Roth (Nextron Systems)
11date: 2021-07-23
12modified: 2024-06-27
13tags:
14    - attack.credential-access
15    - attack.t1552.001
16    - cve.2021-36934
17logsource:
18    product: windows
19    category: file_event
20detection:
21    selection:
22        - TargetFilename|contains:
23              - '\hive_sam_'  # Go version
24              - '\SAM-2021-'  # C++ version
25              - '\SAM-2022-'  # C++ version
26              - '\SAM-2023-'  # C++ version
27              - '\SAM-haxx'   # Early C++ versions
28              - '\Sam.save'   # PowerShell version
29        - TargetFilename: 'C:\windows\temp\sam'  # C# version of HiveNightmare
30    condition: selection
31falsepositives:
32    - Files that accidentally contain these strings
33level: high

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