Access To Windows Credential History File By Uncommon Application
Detects file access requests to the Windows Credential History File by an uncommon application. This can be a sign of credential stealing. Example case would be usage of mimikatz "dpapi::credhist" function
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1title: Access To Windows Credential History File By Uncommon Application
2id: 7a2a22ea-a203-4cd3-9abf-20eb1c5c6cd2
3status: experimental
4description: |
5 Detects file access requests to the Windows Credential History File by an uncommon application.
6 This can be a sign of credential stealing. Example case would be usage of mimikatz "dpapi::credhist" function
7references:
8 - https://tools.thehacker.recipes/mimikatz/modules/dpapi/credhist
9 - https://www.passcape.com/windows_password_recovery_dpapi_credhist
10author: Nasreddine Bencherchali (Nextron Systems)
11date: 2022/10/17
12modified: 2023/12/18
13tags:
14 - attack.credential_access
15 - attack.t1555.004
16logsource:
17 category: file_access
18 product: windows
19 definition: 'Requirements: Microsoft-Windows-Kernel-File ETW provider'
20detection:
21 selection:
22 FileName|endswith: '\Microsoft\Protect\CREDHIST'
23 filter_main_system_folders:
24 Image|contains:
25 - ':\Program Files\'
26 - ':\Program Files (x86)\'
27 - ':\Windows\system32\'
28 - ':\Windows\SysWOW64\'
29 filter_main_explorer:
30 Image|endswith: ':\Windows\explorer.exe'
31 condition: selection and not 1 of filter_main_*
32falsepositives:
33 - Unknown
34# Increase level after false positives filters are good enough
35level: medium
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