Windows
dsdbutil.exedsdbutil.exe
Platform
Windows
Abuse functions
5
Mapped techniques
1
Description
dsdbutil.exe is a Windows living-off-the-land binary catalogued by the LOLBAS Project. Documented abuse functions: Dump. Mapped ATT&CK techniques (per LOLBAS / GTFOBins → MITRE crosswalk): T1003. Defenders should monitor execution of dsdbutil.exe under non-administrative or sudo contexts and alert when its arguments match the abuse-function signatures.
Abuse functions· 5
DumpT1003.003
Snapshoting of Active Directory NTDS.dit database
DumpT1003.003
Mounting the snapshot to access the ntds.dit with `copy c:\<Snap Volume>\windows\ntds\ntds.dit c:\users\administrator\desktop\ntds.dit.bak`
DumpT1003.003
Deletes the snapshot
DumpT1003.003
Mounting the snapshot identifier 1 and accessing it with `copy c:\<Snap Volume>\windows\ntds\ntds.dit c:\users\administrator\desktop\ntds.dit.bak`
DumpT1003.003
deletes the snapshot
MITRE ATT&CK techniques· 1
Uses1
| Type | Target | Confidence | Tier |
|---|---|---|---|
| SubTechnique | NTDSt1003.003 | 100% | live |
Abuses1
| Type | Target | Confidence | Tier |
|---|---|---|---|
| Technique | OS Credential Dumpingt1003 | 85% | live |
Related by meaning· 6
Nearest entities by semantic similarity across the cs-graph corpus.