{'created': '2020-02-11T18:42:35.572Z',
 'created_by_ref': 'identity--c78cb6e5-0c4b-4611-8297-d1b8b55e40b5',
 'description': 'Adversaries may attempt to access or create a copy of the '
                'Active Directory domain database in order to steal credential '
                'information, as well as obtain other information about domain '
                'members such as devices, users, and access rights. By '
                'default, the NTDS file (NTDS.dit) is located in '
                '<code>%SystemRoot%\\NTDS\\Ntds.dit</code> of a domain '
                'controller.(Citation: Wikipedia Active Directory)\n'
                '\n'
                'In addition to looking for NTDS files on active Domain '
                'Controllers, adversaries may search for backups that contain '
                'the same or similar information.(Citation: Metcalf 2015)\n'
                '\n'
                'The following tools and techniques can be used to enumerate '
                'the NTDS file and the contents of the entire Active Directory '
                'hashes.\n'
                '\n'
                '* Volume Shadow Copy\n'
                '* secretsdump.py\n'
                '* Using the in-built Windows tool, ntdsutil.exe\n'
                '* Invoke-NinjaCopy\n',
 'external_references': [{'external_id': 'T1003.003',
                          'source_name': 'mitre-attack',
                          'url': 'https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1003/003'},
                         {'description': 'Metcalf, S. (2015, January 19). '
                                         'Attackers Can Now Use Mimikatz to '
                                         'Implant Skeleton Key on Domain '
                                         'Controllers & BackDoor Your Active '
                                         'Directory Forest. Retrieved February '
                                         '3, 2015.',
                          'source_name': 'Metcalf 2015',
                          'url': 'http://adsecurity.org/?p=1275'},
                         {'description': 'Wikipedia. (2018, March 10). Active '
                                         'Directory. Retrieved April 11, 2018.',
                          'source_name': 'Wikipedia Active Directory',
                          'url': 'https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Active_Directory'}],
 'id': 'attack-pattern--edf91964-b26e-4b4a-9600-ccacd7d7df24',
 'kill_chain_phases': [{'kill_chain_name': 'mitre-attack',
                        'phase_name': 'credential-access'}],
 'modified': '2025-10-24T17:49:34.852Z',
 'name': 'NTDS',
 'object_marking_refs': ['marking-definition--fa42a846-8d90-4e51-bc29-71d5b4802168'],
 'revoked': False,
 'spec_version': '2.1',
 'type': 'attack-pattern',
 'x_mitre_attack_spec_version': '3.2.0',
 'x_mitre_contributors': ['Ed Williams, Trustwave, SpiderLabs'],
 'x_mitre_deprecated': False,
 'x_mitre_detection': '',
 'x_mitre_domains': ['enterprise-attack'],
 'x_mitre_is_subtechnique': True,
 'x_mitre_modified_by_ref': 'identity--c78cb6e5-0c4b-4611-8297-d1b8b55e40b5',
 'x_mitre_platforms': ['Windows'],
 'x_mitre_version': '1.3'}

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