HackTool - Windows Credential Editor (WCE) Execution
Detects the use of Windows Credential Editor (WCE)
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1title: HackTool - Windows Credential Editor (WCE) Execution
2id: 7aa7009a-28b9-4344-8c1f-159489a390df
3status: test
4description: Detects the use of Windows Credential Editor (WCE)
5references:
6 - https://www.ampliasecurity.com/research/windows-credentials-editor/
7author: Florian Roth (Nextron Systems)
8date: 2019-12-31
9modified: 2023-02-04
10tags:
11 - attack.credential-access
12 - attack.t1003.001
13 - attack.s0005
14logsource:
15 category: process_creation
16 product: windows
17detection:
18 selection_1:
19 - Imphash:
20 - a53a02b997935fd8eedcb5f7abab9b9f
21 - e96a73c7bf33a464c510ede582318bf2
22 - Hashes|contains: # Sysmon field hashes contains all types
23 - IMPHASH=a53a02b997935fd8eedcb5f7abab9b9f
24 - IMPHASH=e96a73c7bf33a464c510ede582318bf2
25 selection_2:
26 CommandLine|endswith: '.exe -S'
27 ParentImage|endswith: '\services.exe'
28 filter:
29 Image|endswith: '\clussvc.exe'
30 condition: 1 of selection_* and not filter
31falsepositives:
32 - Another service that uses a single -s command line switch
33level: critical
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