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VSSAudit Security Event Source Registration

Detects the registration of the security event source VSSAudit. It would usually trigger when volume shadow copy operations happen.

MITRE ATT&CK

T1003.002

credential-access

Detection Query

selection:
  AuditSourceName: VSSAudit
  EventID:
    - 4904
    - 4905
condition: selection

Author

Roberto Rodriguez @Cyb3rWard0g, Open Threat Research (OTR)

Created

2020-10-20

Data Sources

windowssecurity

Platforms

windows

References

https://github.com/redcanaryco/atomic-red-team/blob/f339e7da7d05f6057fdfcdd3742bfcf365fee2a9/atomics/T1003.002/T1003.002.md#atomic-test-3---esentutlexe-sam-copy

Tags

attack.credential-accessattack.t1003.002

Raw Content

title: VSSAudit Security Event Source Registration
id: e9faba72-4974-4ab2-a4c5-46e25ad59e9b
status: test
description: Detects the registration of the security event source VSSAudit. It would usually trigger when volume shadow copy operations happen.
references:
    - https://github.com/redcanaryco/atomic-red-team/blob/f339e7da7d05f6057fdfcdd3742bfcf365fee2a9/atomics/T1003.002/T1003.002.md#atomic-test-3---esentutlexe-sam-copy
author: Roberto Rodriguez @Cyb3rWard0g, Open Threat Research (OTR)
date: 2020-10-20
modified: 2022-04-28
tags:
    - attack.credential-access
    - attack.t1003.002
logsource:
    product: windows
    service: security
detection:
    selection:
        AuditSourceName: VSSAudit
        EventID:
            - 4904
            - 4905
    condition: selection
falsepositives:
    - Legitimate use of VSSVC. Maybe backup operations. It would usually be done by C:\Windows\System32\VSSVC.exe.
level: informational