Invocation of Active Directory Diagnostic Tool (ntdsutil.exe)

calendar Oct 28, 2022 · attack.credential_access attack.t1003.003  ·
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Detects execution of ntdsutil.exe, which can be used for various attacks against the NTDS database (NTDS.DIT)

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 1title: Invocation of Active Directory Diagnostic Tool (ntdsutil.exe)
 2id: 2afafd61-6aae-4df4-baed-139fa1f4c345
 3status: test
 4description: Detects execution of ntdsutil.exe, which can be used for various attacks against the NTDS database (NTDS.DIT)
 5references:
 6    - https://jpcertcc.github.io/ToolAnalysisResultSheet/details/ntdsutil.htm
 7author: Thomas Patzke
 8date: 2019/01/16
 9modified: 2022/03/11
10tags:
11    - attack.credential_access
12    - attack.t1003.003
13logsource:
14    category: process_creation
15    product: windows
16detection:
17    selection:
18        Image|endswith: '\ntdsutil.exe'
19    condition: selection
20falsepositives:
21    - NTDS maintenance
22level: medium

References

  • ntdsutil

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