Searching for Saved Credentials via VaultCmd

 1[metadata]
 2creation_date = "2021/01/19"
 3integration = ["endpoint", "windows"]
 4maturity = "production"
 5updated_date = "2024/05/21"
 6
 7[rule]
 8author = ["Elastic"]
 9description = """
10Windows Credential Manager allows you to create, view, or delete saved credentials for signing into websites, connected
11applications, and networks. An adversary may abuse this to list or dump credentials stored in the Credential Manager for
12saved usernames and passwords. This may also be performed in preparation of lateral movement.
13"""
14from = "now-9m"
15index = [
16    "winlogbeat-*",
17    "logs-endpoint.events.process-*",
18    "logs-windows.*",
19    "endgame-*",
20    "logs-system.security*",
21]
22language = "eql"
23license = "Elastic License v2"
24name = "Searching for Saved Credentials via VaultCmd"
25references = [
26    "https://medium.com/threatpunter/detecting-adversary-tradecraft-with-image-load-event-logging-and-eql-8de93338c16",
27    "https://web.archive.org/web/20201004080456/https://rastamouse.me/blog/rdp-jump-boxes/",
28    "https://www.elastic.co/security-labs/detect-credential-access",
29]
30risk_score = 47
31rule_id = "be8afaed-4bcd-4e0a-b5f9-5562003dde81"
32setup = """## Setup
33
34If enabling an EQL rule on a non-elastic-agent index (such as beats) for versions <8.2,
35events will not define `event.ingested` and default fallback for EQL rules was not added until version 8.2.
36Hence for this rule to work effectively, users will need to add a custom ingest pipeline to populate
37`event.ingested` to @timestamp.
38For more details on adding a custom ingest pipeline refer - https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/fleet/current/data-streams-pipeline-tutorial.html
39"""
40severity = "medium"
41tags = [
42    "Domain: Endpoint",
43    "OS: Windows",
44    "Use Case: Threat Detection",
45    "Tactic: Credential Access",
46    "Data Source: Elastic Endgame",
47    "Data Source: Elastic Defend",
48]
49timestamp_override = "event.ingested"
50type = "eql"
51
52query = '''
53process where host.os.type == "windows" and event.type == "start" and
54  (?process.pe.original_file_name:"vaultcmd.exe" or process.name:"vaultcmd.exe") and
55  process.args:"/list*"
56'''
57
58
59[[rule.threat]]
60framework = "MITRE ATT&CK"
61[[rule.threat.technique]]
62id = "T1003"
63name = "OS Credential Dumping"
64reference = "https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1003/"
65
66[[rule.threat.technique]]
67id = "T1555"
68name = "Credentials from Password Stores"
69reference = "https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1555/"
70[[rule.threat.technique.subtechnique]]
71id = "T1555.004"
72name = "Windows Credential Manager"
73reference = "https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1555/004/"
74
75
76
77[rule.threat.tactic]
78id = "TA0006"
79name = "Credential Access"
80reference = "https://attack.mitre.org/tactics/TA0006/"