Dumping Process via Sqldumper.exe — Sigma Rule

Rule metadata and linked tags

Author: Kirill Kiryanov, oscd.community. Source status: test; severity: medium. Source dates: 2020-10-08 / 2021-11-27.

{
  "category": "process_creation",
  "product": "windows"
}

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Source SHA-256: 8d1cd2fcff24e7e57248865ad26093fc06b05f6f48aa4aaa1c802d4d587daa4b

Detection logic

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title: Dumping Process via Sqldumper.exe
id: 23ceaf5c-b6f1-4a32-8559-f2ff734be516
status: test
description: Detects process dump via legitimate sqldumper.exe binary
references:
    - https://twitter.com/countuponsec/status/910977826853068800
    - https://twitter.com/countuponsec/status/910969424215232518
    - https://lolbas-project.github.io/lolbas/OtherMSBinaries/Sqldumper/
author: Kirill Kiryanov, oscd.community
date: 2020-10-08
modified: 2021-11-27
tags:
    - attack.credential-access
    - attack.t1003.001
logsource:
    category: process_creation
    product: windows
detection:
    selection:
        Image|endswith: '\sqldumper.exe'
        CommandLine|contains:
            - '0x0110'
            - '0x01100:40'
    condition: selection
falsepositives:
    - Legitimate MSSQL Server actions
level: medium

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False positives

• Legitimate MSSQL Server actions

Source references

• https://twitter.com/countuponsec/status/910977826853068800
• https://twitter.com/countuponsec/status/910969424215232518
• https://lolbas-project.github.io/lolbas/OtherMSBinaries/Sqldumper/