#!/usr/bin/env python3 """ T1003 Credential Dumping Detection Script Analyzes EDR/Sysmon logs for LSASS access, credential tool execution, and registry hive exports indicating credential theft. """ import json import csv import argparse import datetime import re from pathlib import Path LSASS_SUSPICIOUS_ACCESS = {"0x1fffff", "0x1f3fff", "0x143a", "0x1f0fff", "0x0040", "0x1010", "0x1410"} LSASS_LEGITIMATE_SOURCES = { "csrss.exe", "lsass.exe", "svchost.exe", "msmpe ng.exe", "wmiprvse.exe", "securityhealthservice.exe", "smartscreen.exe", "taskmgr.exe", } CREDENTIAL_TOOL_PATTERNS = [ (r"(?i)sekurlsa", "Mimikatz_sekurlsa", "T1003.001", "CRITICAL"), (r"(?i)lsadump", "Mimikatz_lsadump", "T1003.001", "CRITICAL"), (r"(?i)procdump.*lsass", "ProcDump_LSASS", "T1003.001", "CRITICAL"), (r"(?i)comsvcs.*MiniDump", "Comsvcs_MiniDump", "T1003.001", "CRITICAL"), (r"(?i)ntdsutil.*ifm", "NTDS_IFM_Creation", "T1003.003", "CRITICAL"), (r"(?i)vssadmin.*create\s+shadow", "VSS_Shadow_Copy", "T1003.003", "HIGH"), (r"(?i)reg\s+(save|export)\s+hklm\\\\sam", "SAM_Hive_Export", "T1003.002", "CRITICAL"), (r"(?i)reg\s+(save|export)\s+hklm\\\\security", "SECURITY_Hive_Export", "T1003.004", "CRITICAL"), (r"(?i)reg\s+(save|export)\s+hklm\\\\system", "SYSTEM_Hive_Export", "T1003.002", "HIGH"), (r"(?i)esentutl.*ntds", "NTDS_Esentutl", "T1003.003", "CRITICAL"), (r"(?i)lazagne", "LaZagne", "T1003", "HIGH"), ] def parse_events(input_path: str) -> list[dict]: path = Path(input_path) events = [] if path.suffix == ".json": with open(path, "r", encoding="utf-8") as f: data = json.load(f) events = data if isinstance(data, list) else data.get("events", []) elif path.suffix == ".csv": with open(path, "r", encoding="utf-8-sig") as f: events = [dict(row) for row in csv.DictReader(f)] return events def detect_credential_dumping(events: list[dict]) -> list[dict]: findings = [] for event in events: event_code = str(event.get("EventCode", event.get("EventID", ""))) computer = event.get("Computer", event.get("host", "")) timestamp = event.get("UtcTime", event.get("_time", "")) user = event.get("User", event.get("user", "")) if event_code == "10": target = event.get("TargetImage", "") source = event.get("SourceImage", "") access = event.get("GrantedAccess", "").lower() if "lsass.exe" not in target.lower(): continue source_name = source.split("\\")[-1].lower() if source_name in LSASS_LEGITIMATE_SOURCES: continue if access not in LSASS_SUSPICIOUS_ACCESS: continue findings.append({ "timestamp": timestamp, "computer": computer, "user": user, "detection_type": "LSASS_Access", "source_process": source, "target": "lsass.exe", "access_mask": access, "technique": "T1003.001", "severity": "CRITICAL", "description": f"{source_name} accessed LSASS with {access}", }) elif event_code == "1": cmdline = event.get("CommandLine", "") image = event.get("Image", "") for pattern, tool_name, technique, severity in CREDENTIAL_TOOL_PATTERNS: if re.search(pattern, cmdline): findings.append({ "timestamp": timestamp, "computer": computer, "user": user, "detection_type": "Credential_Tool", "tool": tool_name, "image": image, "command_line": cmdline, "technique": technique, "severity": severity, "description": f"Credential dumping tool detected: {tool_name}", }) break return sorted(findings, key=lambda x: {"CRITICAL": 0, "HIGH": 1, "MEDIUM": 2}.get(x["severity"], 3)) def run_hunt(input_path: str, output_dir: str) -> None: print(f"[*] T1003 Credential Dumping Hunt - {datetime.datetime.now().isoformat()}") events = parse_events(input_path) print(f"[*] Loaded {len(events)} events") findings = detect_credential_dumping(events) print(f"[!] Credential dumping detections: {len(findings)}") output_path = Path(output_dir) output_path.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True) with open(output_path / "credential_dumping_findings.json", "w", encoding="utf-8") as f: json.dump({"hunt_id": f"TH-CRED-{datetime.date.today().isoformat()}", "findings_count": len(findings), "findings": findings}, f, indent=2) print(f"[+] Results written to {output_dir}") def main(): parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(description="T1003 Credential Dumping Detection") parser.add_argument("--input", "-i", required=True) parser.add_argument("--output", "-o", default="./cred_dump_hunt_output") args = parser.parse_args() run_hunt(args.input, args.output) if __name__ == "__main__": main()