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HackTool - XORDump Execution

Detects suspicious use of XORDump process memory dumping utility

MITRE ATT&CK

defense-evasioncredential-access

Detection Query

selection:
  - Image|endswith: \xordump.exe
  - CommandLine|contains:
      - " -process lsass.exe "
      - " -m comsvcs "
      - " -m dbghelp "
      - " -m dbgcore "
condition: selection

Author

Florian Roth (Nextron Systems)

Created

2022-01-28

Data Sources

windowsProcess Creation Events

Platforms

windows

References

https://github.com/audibleblink/xordump

Tags

attack.defense-evasionattack.t1036attack.t1003.001attack.credential-access

Raw Content

title: HackTool - XORDump Execution
id: 66e563f9-1cbd-4a22-a957-d8b7c0f44372
status: test
description: Detects suspicious use of XORDump process memory dumping utility
references:
    - https://github.com/audibleblink/xordump
author: Florian Roth (Nextron Systems)
date: 2022-01-28
modified: 2023-02-08
tags:
    - attack.defense-evasion
    - attack.t1036
    - attack.t1003.001
    - attack.credential-access
logsource:
    category: process_creation
    product: windows
detection:
    selection:
        - Image|endswith: '\xordump.exe'
        - CommandLine|contains:
              - ' -process lsass.exe '
              - ' -m comsvcs '
              - ' -m dbghelp '
              - ' -m dbgcore '
    condition: selection
falsepositives:
    - Another tool that uses the command line switches of XORdump
level: high