Query: detect Detects process access requests to LSASS process with potentially suspicious access flags in logs
Matching passage: Sigma rule: Detects process access requests to LSASS process with potentially suspicious access flags. Logsource: windows / process_access. Rule: title: Potentially Suspicious GrantedAccess Flags On LSASS id: a18dd26b-6450-46de-8c91-9659150cf088 related: - id: 32d0d3e2-e58d-4d41-926b-18b520b2b32d type: similar status: test description: Detects process access requests to LSASS process with potentially suspicious access flags references: - https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/win32/procthread/process-security-and-access-rights - https://onedrive.live.com/view.aspx?resid=D026B4699190F1E6!2843&ithint=file%2cpptx&app=PowerPoint&authkey=!AMvCRTKB_V1J5ow - https://web.archive.org/web/20230208123920/https://cyberwardog.blogspot.com/2017/03/chronicles-of-threat-hunter-hunting-for_22.html - https://www.slideshare.net/heirhabarov/hunting-for-credentials-dumping-in-windows-environment - https://web.archive.org/web/20230420013146/http://security-research.dyndns.org/pub/slides/FIRST2017/FIRST-2017_Tom-Ueltschi_Sysmon_FINAL_notes.pdf author: Florian Roth, Roberto Rodriguez, Dimitrios Slamaris, Mark Russinovich, Thomas Patzke, Teymur Kheirkhabarov, Sherif Eldeeb, James Dickenson, Aleksey Potapov, oscd.community date: 2021-11-22 modified: 2026-06-29 tags: - attack.credential-access - attack.t1003.001 - attack.s0002 logsource: category: process_access product: windows detection: selection_target: TargetImage|endswith: \lsass.exe selection_access: - GrantedAccess|endswith: - '30' - '50' - '70' - '90' - B0 - D0 - F0 - '18' - '38' - '58' - '78' - '98' - B8 - D8 - F8 - 1A - 3A - 5A - 7A - 9A - BA - DA - FA - '0x14C2' - GrantedAccess|startswith: - '0x100000' - '0x1418' - '0x1438' - '0x143a' - '0x1f0fff' - '0x1f1fff' - '0x1f2fff' - '0x1f3fff' - '0x40' filter_main_generic: SourceImage|contains: - :\Program Files (x86)\ - :\Program Files\ - :\Windows\System32\ - :\Windows\SysWOW64\ filter_optional_malwarebytes: SourceImage|endswith: :\ProgramData\MALWAREBYTES\MBAMSERVICE\ctlrupdate\mbupdatr.exe filter_optional_vscode: SourceImage|endswith: \AppData\Local\Programs\Microsoft VS Code\Code.exe filter_main_windefend_1: SourceImage|contains: :\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows Defender\ SourceImage|endswith: \MsMpEng.exe filter_main_windefend_2: CallTrace|contains|all: - '|?:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows Defender\Definition Updates\{' - '}\mpengine.dll+' GrantedAccess: '0x1418' filter_main_windefend_3: CallTrace|contains: - '|c:\program files\windows defender\mprtp.dll' - '|c:\program files\windows defender\MpClient.dll' filter_optional_vmwaretools: SourceImage|contains: :\ProgramData\VMware\VMware Tools\ SourceImage|endswith: \
Near-miss passage: Sigma rule: Detects usage of the built-in PowerShell cmdlet "Enable-WindowsOptionalFeature" used as a Deployment Image Servicing and. Logsource: windows / process_creation. Rule: title: Potential Suspicious Windows Feature Enabled - ProcCreation id: c740d4cf-a1e9-41de-bb16-8a46a4f57918 related: - id: 55c925c1-7195-426b-a136-a9396800e29b type: similar status: test description: 'Detects usage of the built-in PowerShell cmdlet "Enable-WindowsOptionalFeature" used as a Deployment Image Servicing and Management tool. Similar to DISM.exe, this cmdlet is used to enumerate, install, uninstall, configure, and update features and packages in Windows images ' references: - https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/powershell/module/dism/enable-windowsoptionalfeature?view=windowsserver2022-ps - https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/win32/projfs/enabling-windows-projected-file-system - https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/wsl/install-on-server author: Nasreddine Bencherchali (Nextron Systems) date: 2022-12-29 tags: - attack.stealth logsource: category: process_creation product: windows detection: selection_cmd: CommandLine|contains|all: - Enable-WindowsOptionalFeature - -Online - -FeatureName selection_feature: CommandLine|contains: - TelnetServer - Internet-Explorer-Optional-amd64 - TFTP - SMB1Protocol - Client-ProjFS - Microsoft-Windows-Subsystem-Linux condition: all of selection_* falsepositives: - Legitimate usage of the features listed in the rule. level: medium