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Credential Dumping Tools - File Artifacts

Description

'This query detects the creation of credential dumping tools files. Several credential dumping tools export files with hardcoded file names. Ref: https://jpcertcc.github.io/ToolAnalysisResultSheet/'
Rule type
Scheduled
Version
1.0.3
Declared status
Available
Query frequency
1h
Query period
1h
Trigger
gt 0

Declared MITRE coverage

Declared sources

Metadata from the source file. No dependencies inferred from KQL.

Connectors

Data types

KQL query

Original query, unchanged.

// Enter a reference list of malicious file artifacts
let MaliciousFileArtifacts = dynamic (["lsass.dmp","test.pwd","lsremora.dll","lsremora64.dll","fgexec.exe","pwdump","kirbi","wce_ccache","wce_krbtkts","wceaux.dll","PwHashes","SAM.out","SECURITY.out","SYSTEM.out","NTDS.out" "DumpExt.dll","DumpSvc.exe","cachedump64.exe","cachedump.exe","pstgdump.exe","servpw64.exe","servpw.exe","pwdump.exe","fgdump-log"]);
Event
| where EventLog == "Microsoft-Windows-Sysmon/Operational" and EventID==11
| parse EventData with * 'TargetFilename">' TargetFilename "<" *
| where TargetFilename has_any (MaliciousFileArtifacts)
| parse EventData with * 'ProcessGuid">' ProcessGuid "<" * 'Image">' Image "<" *
| summarize StartTime = min(TimeGenerated), EndTime = max(TimeGenerated) by EventID, Computer, Image, ProcessGuid, TargetFilename
| extend HostName = split(Computer, '.', 0)[0], DnsDomain = strcat_array(array_slice(split(Computer, '.'), 1, -1), '.')

Declared entities

FileHostProcess

Related content

Links established from declared identifiers and solution manifests.

Source provenance

GitHub

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Source identifier
32ffb19e-8ed8-40ed-87a0-1adb4746b7c4
Additional source files 3Solutions/Attacker Tools Threat Protection Essentials/Analytic Rules/CredentialDumpingToolsFileArtifacts.yamlsource ↗Detections/SecurityEvent/CredentialDumpingToolsFileArtifacts.yamlmigration-note ↗Solutions/Attacker Tools Threat Protection Essentials/Data/Solution_AttackersToolsThreatProtectionEssentials.jsonsolution-membership ↗
GSTEP / CATALOG TRACKING

Added to catalog : 16 Sept 2026 · 05:49 UTC
Last change observed : 16 Sept 2026 · 05:49 UTC

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