Access To Windows Credential History File By Uncommon Applications

calendar Aug 12, 2024 · attack.credential-access attack.t1555.004  ·
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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 Applications
 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: 2024-07-29
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|startswith:
25            - 'C:\Program Files\'
26            - 'C:\Program Files (x86)\'
27            - 'C:\Windows\system32\'
28            - 'C:\Windows\SysWOW64\'
29    filter_main_explorer:
30        Image: 'C:\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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