Dumping of Sensitive Hives Via Reg.EXE
Detects the usage of "reg.exe" in order to dump sensitive registry hives. This includes SAM, SYSTEM and SECURITY hives.
Detection logic
Detection requirements
- Platform
- LinuxWindows
The rule states no platform. This is derived from the ATT&CK technique it maps to.
- Log source product
- windows
- Log source category
- process_creation
Known benign triggers
- Dumping hives for legitimate purpouse i.e. backup or forensic investigation
MITRE ATT&CK mappings
0 exclusive techniques.This is coverage no other published rule has; it is not this rule's total technique count.
References
| Reference | Cited by |
|---|---|
| eqllib.readthedocs.io/en/latest/analytics/aed95fc6-5e3f-49dc-8b35-06508613f979.html | Only this detection cites it |
| github.com/redcanaryco/atomic-red-team/blob/f339e7da7d05f6057fdfcdd3742bfcf365fee2a9/atomics/T1003.002/T1003.002.md#atomic-test-1---registry-dump-of-sam-creds-and-secrets | 7 |
| github.com/redcanaryco/atomic-red-team/blob/f339e7da7d05f6057fdfcdd3742bfcf365fee2a9/atomics/T1003/T1003.md | 2 |
| www.slideshare.net/heirhabarov/hunting-for-credentials-dumping-in-windows-environment | 16 |
| www.wietzebeukema.nl/blog/windows-command-line-obfuscation | 3from 2 sources |
From the source
- At source
- Open at source
- Upstream identifier
- fd877b94-9bb5-4191-bb25-d79cbd93c167
- Tagged by the source as
- attack.credential-accesscar.2013-07-001
Licence
- Published under
- Detection Rule License 1.1Read the licence
- Attribution
- Required
Authorship
- Published
- Aug 26, 2026
- Version
- 1