title: Esentutl Gather Credentials
author: sam0x90
date: 2021/08/06
description: Conti recommendation to its affiliates to use esentult to access NTDS
  dumped file. Trickbot also uses this utilities to get MSEdge info via its module
  pwgrab.
detection:
  SELECTION_1:
    EventID: 1
  SELECTION_2:
    CommandLine: '*esentutl*'
  SELECTION_3:
    CommandLine: '* /p*'
  condition: (SELECTION_1 and SELECTION_2 and SELECTION_3)
falsepositives:
- To be determined
fields:
- User
- CommandLine
- ParentCommandLine
- CurrentDirectory
id: 7df1713a-1a5b-4a4b-a071-dc83b144a101
level: medium
logsource:
  category: process_creation
  product: windows
references:
- https://twitter.com/vxunderground/status/1423336151860002816
- https://attack.mitre.org/software/S0404/
- https://thedfirreport.com/2021/08/01/bazarcall-to-conti-ransomware-via-trickbot-and-cobalt-strike/
status: experimental
tags:
- attack.credential_access
- attack.t1003
- attack.t1003.003