Sigma rule: Crash Dump Created By Operating System

A detection rule from the SigmaHQ repository, shown as its author published it. Dataset version ref-92dcfb815aaa, updated 2025-05-12T00:00:00.000Z.

Rule

Title
Crash Dump Created By Operating System
Status
experimental
Level
medium
Author
Jason Mull
Date
2025-05-12
File
rules/windows/builtin/system/microsoft_windows_wer_systemerrorreporting/win_system_crash_dump_created.yml
Commit
ccbb0369507f796db0b0ae6854c8a2be471b9d84

Detects "BugCheck" errors indicating the system rebooted due to a crash, capturing the bugcheck code, dump file path, and report ID.

Log source

product
windows
service
system

Detection

selection:
    Provider_Name: 'Microsoft-Windows-WER-SystemErrorReporting'
    EventID: 1001
condition: selection

Tags

  • attack.credential-access
  • attack.collection
  • attack.t1003.002
  • attack.t1005

MITRE ATT&CK ids this rule names

Related rules

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/builtin/system/microsoft_windows_wer_systemerrorreporting/win_system_crash_dump_created.yml

Sources and licences

  • SigmaHQ

    "Crash Dump Created By Operating System" by Jason Mull (SigmaHQ). Rule: https://github.com/SigmaHQ/sigma/blob/ccbb0369507f796db0b0ae6854c8a2be471b9d84/rules/windows/builtin/system/microsoft_windows_wer_systemerrorreporting/win_system_crash_dump_created.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: Crash Dump Created By Operating System",
entity page, dataset version ref-92dcfb815aaa, updated 2025-05-12T00:00:00.000Z,
https://ransomware-tracker.com/detections/sigma/882fbe50-d8d7-4e29-ae80-0648a8556866 (accessed 2026-11-03).
Underlying source: SigmaHQ rule 882fbe50-d8d7-4e29-ae80-0648a8556866, commit ccbb0369507f796db0b0ae6854c8a2be471b9d84.

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