title: Suspicious Use of Procdump
id: 03795938-1387-481b-9f4c-3f6241e604fe
description: Detects suspicious uses of the SysInternals Procdump utility by using a special command line parameter ' -ma '. This way we're also able to catch cases in which the attacker has renamed the procdump executable.
status: experimental
references:
    - Internal Research
author: Florian Roth
date: 2021/02/02
tags:
    - attack.defense_evasion
    - attack.t1036
    - attack.t1003.001
logsource:
    category: process_creation
    product: windows
detection:
    selection:
        CommandLine|contains:
            - ' -ma '
    condition: selection
falsepositives:
    - Another tool that uses the command line switches of Procdump
    - Legitimate use of procdump by a developer or administrator
level: medium