Sigma rule: Esentutl Gather Credentials

A detection rule from the SigmaHQ repository, shown as its author published it. Dataset version ref-13c3e4ceb5a9, updated 2022-10-09T00:00:00.000Z.

Rule

Title: Esentutl Gather Credentials
Status: test
Level: medium
Author: sam0x90
Date: 2021-08-06
Modified: 2022-10-09
File: rules/windows/process_creation/proc_creation_win_esentutl_params.yml
Commit: ccbb0369507f796db0b0ae6854c8a2be471b9d84

Conti recommendation to its affiliates to use esentutl to access NTDS dumped file. Trickbot also uses this utilities to get MSEdge info via its module pwgrab.

Log source

product: windows
category: process_creation

Detection

selection:
    CommandLine|contains|all:
        - 'esentutl'
        - ' /p'
condition: selection

False positives (as the rule lists them)

To be determined

MITRE ATT&CK ids this rule names

References

Read on 2026-11-03T00:58:21.399Z under licence sigma-drl-1.1@d5f4c36a from https://github.com/SigmaHQ/sigma/blob/ccbb0369507f796db0b0ae6854c8a2be471b9d84/rules/windows/process_creation/proc_creation_win_esentutl_params.yml

Sources and licences

SigmaHQ
"Esentutl Gather Credentials" by sam0x90 (SigmaHQ). Rule: https://github.com/SigmaHQ/sigma/blob/ccbb0369507f796db0b0ae6854c8a2be471b9d84/rules/windows/process_creation/proc_creation_win_esentutl_params.yml.
Licensed under the Detection Rule License (DRL) 1.1: https://github.com/SigmaHQ/Detection-Rule-License
Detection Rule License (DRL) 1.1

Cite this page

Dragons Eye Ransomware Tracker, "Sigma rule: Esentutl Gather Credentials",
entity page, dataset version ref-13c3e4ceb5a9, updated 2022-10-09T00:00:00.000Z,
https://ransomware-tracker.com/detections/sigma/7df1713a-1a5b-4a4b-a071-dc83b144a101 (accessed 2026-11-03).
Underlying source: SigmaHQ rule 7df1713a-1a5b-4a4b-a071-dc83b144a101, commit ccbb0369507f796db0b0ae6854c8a2be471b9d84.

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