ntdsutil.exe

Dump NTDS.dit into folder

Use Dumping of Active Directory NTDS.dit database

ntdsutil.exe "ac i ntds" "ifm" "create full c:\" q q

Evidence

Upstream reference

Environment

Local host

Context

admin

Native

Dump

MITRE

T1003.003

Detection

Sigma: github.com/SigmaHQ/sigma/blob/683b63f8184b93c9564c4310d10c571cbe367e1e/rules/windows/process_creation/proc_creation_win_ntdsutil_usage.yml

Splunk: github.com/splunk/security_content/blob/2b87b26bdc2a84b65b1355ffbd5174bdbdb1879c/detections/endpoint/ntdsutil_export_ntds.yml

Elastic: github.com/elastic/detection-rules/blob/5bdf70e72c6cd4547624c521108189af994af449/rules/windows/credential_access_cmdline_dump_tool.toml

IOC: ntdsutil.exe with command line including "ifm"

Refs

adsecurity.org/?p=2398#CreateIFM

lolbas-project.github.io/lolbas/OtherMSBinaries/ntdsutil/