title: Shadow Copies Creation Using Operating Systems Utilities
id: b17ea6f7-6e90-447e-a799-e6c0a493d6ce
description: Shadow Copies creation using operating systems utilities, possible credential access
author: Teymur Kheirkhabarov, Daniil Yugoslavskiy, oscd.community
date: 2019/10/22
references:
    - 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/
tags:
    - attack.credential_access
    - attack.t1003
    - attack.t1003.002
    - attack.t1003.003
logsource:
    category: process_creation
    product: windows
detection:
    selection:
        Image|endswith:
            - '\powershell.exe'
            - '\wmic.exe'
            - '\vssadmin.exe'
        CommandLine|contains|all:
            - shadow
            - create
    condition: selection
falsepositives:
    - Legitimate administrator working with shadow copies, access for backup purposes
status: experimental
level: medium