Potential Credential Dumping Via LSASS SilentProcessExit Technique

 1title: Potential Credential Dumping Via LSASS SilentProcessExit Technique
 2id: 55e29995-75e7-451a-bef0-6225e2f13597
 3related:
 4    - id: 36803969-5421-41ec-b92f-8500f79c23b0
 5      type: similar
 6status: test
 7description: Detects changes to the Registry in which a monitor program gets registered to dump the memory of the lsass.exe process
 8references:
 9    - https://www.deepinstinct.com/2021/02/16/lsass-memory-dumps-are-stealthier-than-ever-before-part-2/
10    - https://oddvar.moe/2018/04/10/persistence-using-globalflags-in-image-file-execution-options-hidden-from-autoruns-exe/
11author: Florian Roth (Nextron Systems)
12date: 2021-02-26
13modified: 2022-12-19
14tags:
15    - attack.credential-access
16    - attack.t1003.001
17logsource:
18    category: registry_event
19    product: windows
20detection:
21    selection:
22        TargetObject|contains: 'Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\SilentProcessExit\lsass.exe'
23    condition: selection
24falsepositives:
25    - Unlikely
26level: critical

References

• LSASS Memory Dumps: New Method for Dumping LSASS [Part 2] | Deep Instinct

  

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• Persistence using GlobalFlags in Image File Execution Options – Hidden from Autoruns.exe

  

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