Suspicious Shadow Copies Creation Via Operating Systems Utilities (via process_creation)

title: Suspicious Shadow Copies Creation Via Operating Systems Utilities (via process_creation)
id: 3f0f3b29-045f-54ae-80eb-b6e7b50e0710
status: stable
description: This rule detects shadow Copies creation using operating systems utilities, possible credential access
references:
    - https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1003/003/
    - https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1003/002/
    - https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1003/
    - https://www.slideshare.net/heirhabarov/hunting-for-credentials-dumping-in-windows-environment
    - https://www.trustwave.com/en-us/resources/blogs/spiderlabs-blog/tutorial-for-ntds-goodness-vssadmin-wmis-ntdsdit-system/
author: Huntrule Team
date: 2026-07-11
tags:
    - attack.credential-access
    - attack.t1003
    - attack.t1003.002
    - attack.t1003.003
logsource:
    category: process_creation
    product: windows
detection:
    selection_img:
        - Image|endswith:
              - '\powershell.exe'
              - '\pwsh.exe'
              - '\wmic.exe'
              - '\vssadmin.exe'
        - OriginalFileName:
              - 'PowerShell.EXE'
              - 'pwsh.dll'
              - 'wmic.exe'
              - 'VSSADMIN.EXE'
    selection_cli:
        CommandLine|contains|all:
            - 'shadow'
            - 'create'
    condition: all of selection_*
falsepositives:
    - Unknown
level: medium