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Time Travel Debugging Utility Usage - Image

Detects usage of Time Travel Debugging Utility. Adversaries can execute malicious processes and dump processes, such as lsass.exe, via tttracer.exe.

MITRE ATT&CK

T1218 T1003.001

defense-evasioncredential-access

Detection Query

selection:
  ImageLoaded|endswith:
    - \ttdrecord.dll
    - \ttdwriter.dll
    - \ttdloader.dll
condition: selection

Author

Ensar Şamil, @sblmsrsn, @oscd_initiative

Created

2020-10-06

Data Sources

windowsImage Load Events

Platforms

windows

References

Tags

attack.defense-evasionattack.credential-accessattack.t1218attack.t1003.001

Raw Content

title: Time Travel Debugging Utility Usage - Image
id: e76c8240-d68f-4773-8880-5c6f63595aaf
status: test
description: Detects usage of Time Travel Debugging Utility. Adversaries can execute malicious processes and dump processes, such as lsass.exe, via tttracer.exe.
references:
    - https://lolbas-project.github.io/lolbas/Binaries/Tttracer/
    - https://twitter.com/mattifestation/status/1196390321783025666
    - https://twitter.com/oulusoyum/status/1191329746069655553
author: 'Ensar Şamil, @sblmsrsn, @oscd_initiative'
date: 2020-10-06
modified: 2022-12-02
tags:
    - attack.defense-evasion
    - attack.credential-access
    - attack.t1218
    - attack.t1003.001
logsource:
    product: windows
    category: image_load
detection:
    selection:
        ImageLoaded|endswith:
            - '\ttdrecord.dll'
            - '\ttdwriter.dll'
            - '\ttdloader.dll'
    condition: selection
falsepositives:
    - Legitimate usage by software developers/testers
level: high