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Description

This search looks for reading loaded Images unique to credential dumping with Mimikatz. Deprecated because mimikatz libraries changed and very noisy sysmon Event Code.

  • Type: TTP

  • Product: Splunk Enterprise, Splunk Enterprise Security, Splunk Cloud

  • Last Updated: 2019-12-03
  • Author: Patrick Bareiss, Splunk
  • ID: 29e307ba-40af-4ab2-91b2-3c6b392bbba0

Annotations

ATT&CK
ID Technique Tactic
T1003.001 LSASS Memory Credential Access
T1003 OS Credential Dumping Credential Access
Kill Chain Phase
  • Actions on Objectives
NIST
  • DE.AE
  • DE.CM
CIS20
  • CIS 6
  • CIS 8
CVE 
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`sysmon` EventCode=7 
| stats values(ImageLoaded) as ImageLoaded values(ProcessId) as ProcessId by Computer, Image 
| search ImageLoaded=*WinSCard.dll ImageLoaded=*cryptdll.dll ImageLoaded=*hid.dll ImageLoaded=*samlib.dll ImageLoaded=*vaultcli.dll 
| rename Computer as dest 
| `security_content_ctime(firstTime)`
| `security_content_ctime(lastTime)` 
| `detect_mimikatz_using_loaded_images_filter`

Macros

The SPL above uses the following Macros:

Note that detect_mimikatz_using_loaded_images_filter is a empty macro by default. It allows the user to filter out any results (false positives) without editing the SPL.

Required field

  • _time
  • EventCode
  • ImageLoaded
  • ProcessId
  • Computer
  • Image

How To Implement

This search needs Sysmon Logs and a sysmon configuration, which includes EventCode 7 with powershell.exe. This search uses an input macro named sysmon. We strongly recommend that you specify your environment-specific configurations (index, source, sourcetype, etc.) for Windows Sysmon logs. Replace the macro definition with configurations for your Splunk environment. The search also uses a post-filter macro designed to filter out known false positives.

Known False Positives

Other tools can import the same DLLs. These tools should be part of a whitelist. False positives may be present with any process that authenticates or uses credentials, PowerShell included. Filter based on parent process.

Associated Analytic story

RBA

Risk Score Impact Confidence Message
64.0 80 80 A process, $Image$, has loaded $ImageLoaded$ that are typically related to credential dumping on $Computer$. Review for further details.

Reference

Test Dataset

Replay any dataset to Splunk Enterprise by using our replay.py tool or the UI. Alternatively you can replay a dataset into a Splunk Attack Range

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