Sigma rule: PUA - DIT Snapshot Viewer

A detection rule from the SigmaHQ repository, shown as its author published it. Dataset version ref-3568b587973f, updated 2023-02-21T00:00:00.000Z.

Rule

Title: PUA - DIT Snapshot Viewer
Status: test
Level: high
Author: Furkan Caliskan (@caliskanfurkan_)
Date: 2020-07-04
Modified: 2023-02-21
File: rules/windows/process_creation/proc_creation_win_pua_ditsnap.yml
Commit: ccbb0369507f796db0b0ae6854c8a2be471b9d84

Detects the use of Ditsnap tool, an inspection tool for Active Directory database, ntds.dit.

Log source

product: windows
category: process_creation

Detection

selection:
    - Image|endswith: '\ditsnap.exe'
    - CommandLine|contains: 'ditsnap.exe'
condition: selection

False positives (as the rule lists them)

Legitimate admin usage

MITRE ATT&CK ids this rule names

T1003.003

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_pua_ditsnap.yml

Sources and licences

SigmaHQ
"PUA - DIT Snapshot Viewer" by Furkan Caliskan (@caliskanfurkan_) (SigmaHQ). Rule: https://github.com/SigmaHQ/sigma/blob/ccbb0369507f796db0b0ae6854c8a2be471b9d84/rules/windows/process_creation/proc_creation_win_pua_ditsnap.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: PUA - DIT Snapshot Viewer",
entity page, dataset version ref-3568b587973f, updated 2023-02-21T00:00:00.000Z,
https://ransomware-tracker.com/detections/sigma/d3b70aad-097e-409c-9df2-450f80dc476b (accessed 2026-11-03).
Underlying source: SigmaHQ rule d3b70aad-097e-409c-9df2-450f80dc476b, commit ccbb0369507f796db0b0ae6854c8a2be471b9d84.

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