Credential Dumping Tool Execution (selection 1)

Severity highWindowsSingle eventexperimentalsigma.credential_dumping_tools.1 · v1.0.0

What it detects

procdump against LSASS, or Mimikatz-style command lines — credential theft

MITRE ATT&CK mapping

  • T1003.001OS Credential Dumping: LSASS Memory· Credential Access

False positives and triage

Converted from Sigma; review before enabling.

The rule

Declarative YAML read by the detection engine — data, never executed. Confidence 70%. Source: rules/sigma/sigma.credential_dumping_tools.1.yaml, licensed under the Detection Rule License 1.1.

id: sigma.credential_dumping_tools.1
version: 1.0.0
status: experimental
severity: high
confidence: 0.7
platforms:
- windows
mitre_techniques:
- T1003.001
description: procdump against LSASS, or Mimikatz-style command lines — credential theft (Sigma sample)
match:
  event_category: process
  process_path_contains_any:
  - \procdump.exe
  command_line_contains_any:
  - lsass
false_positive_guidance: Converted from Sigma; review before enabling.

Adapted from the SigmaHQ rule “Credential Dumping Tool Execution”, distributed under the Detection Rule License 1.1. SigmaHQ.

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