Windows.Detection.Ntdsutil

name: Windows.Detection.Ntdsutil
author: Matt Green - @mgreen27
description: |
   This artifact will extract evidence of Ntdsutil abuse from the application
   eventlog. The artifact targets the string "ntds.dit" in event IDs: 216, 325,
   326 and 327.

reference:
  - https://lolbas-project.github.io/lolbas/OtherMSBinaries/Ntdsutil/

parameters:
   - name: TargetGlob
     default: '%SystemRoot%\System32\Winevt\Logs\Application.evtx'
   - name: VSSAnalysisAge
     type: int
     default: 0
     description: |
       If larger than zero we analyze VSS within this many days
       ago. (e.g 7 will analyze all VSS within the last week).  Note
       that when using VSS analysis we have to use the ntfs accessor
       for everything which will be much slower.

sources:
  - precondition:
      SELECT OS From info() where OS = 'windows'

    query: |
      SELECT EventTime,
        Computer,Channel,EventID,EventRecordID,Message,EventData,FullPath
      FROM Artifact.Windows.EventLogs.EvtxHunter(
        EvtxGlob=TargetGlob,
        IdRegex='^(216|325|326|327)$',
        IocRegex='ntds\.dit',
        VSSAnalysisAge=VSSAnalysisAge)