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Windows System Service Execution of Credential Dumping Tools (Service Control Manager Event 7045)

Flags Service Control Manager service creation with ImagePath names tied to credential dumping tools (Event ID 7045).

FreeReviewedSigma · High · v2
Product
windows
Service
system
Author
Florian Roth (Nextron Systems), Teymur Kheirkhabarov, Daniil Yugoslavskiy, oscd.community (SigmaHQ), DRL 1.1
Published
2017-03-05
Updated
2026-07-31
AnalysisDetection
title: Windows System Service Execution of Credential Dumping Tools (Service Control Manager Event 7045)
id: c29d728e-5675-4db6-92a0-7276fde053c5
status: test
description: This rule flags Windows service creation/execution events from the Service Control Manager where the service image path contains known credential dumping tool names (e.g., cachedump, pwdump, mimidrv). Attackers commonly use these tools to extract credentials, and running them as services can provide reliable execution and persistence within the Windows environment. It relies on telemetry for Service Control Manager events (EventID 7045) including the service image path for matching tool substrings.
references:
  - https://www.slideshare.net/heirhabarov/hunting-for-credentials-dumping-in-windows-environment
  - https://github.com/SigmaHQ/sigma/blob/master/rules/windows/builtin/system/service_control_manager/win_system_mal_creddumper.yml
author: Florian Roth (Nextron Systems), Teymur Kheirkhabarov, Daniil Yugoslavskiy, oscd.community, Huntrule Team
date: 2017-03-05
modified: 2022-11-29
tags:
  - attack.credential-access
  - attack.execution
  - attack.t1003.001
  - attack.t1003.002
  - attack.t1003.004
  - attack.t1003.005
  - attack.t1003.006
  - attack.t1569.002
  - attack.s0005
logsource:
  product: windows
  service: system
detection:
  selection:
    Provider_Name: Service Control Manager
    EventID: 7045
    ImagePath|contains:
      - cachedump
      - dumpsvc
      - fgexec
      - gsecdump
      - mimidrv
      - pwdump
      - servpw
  condition: selection
falsepositives:
  - Legitimate Administrator using credential dumping tool for password recovery
level: high
license: DRL-1.1
related:
  - id: 4976aa50-8f41-45c6-8b15-ab3fc10e79ed
    type: derived