Security Support Provider (SSP) Added to LSA Configuration

calendar Aug 12, 2024 · attack.persistence attack.t1547.005  ·
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Detects the addition of a SSP to the registry. Upon a reboot or API call, SSP DLLs gain access to encrypted and plaintext passwords stored in Windows.

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 1title: Security Support Provider (SSP) Added to LSA Configuration
 2id: eeb30123-9fbd-4ee8-aaa0-2e545bbed6dc
 3status: test
 4description: |
 5        Detects the addition of a SSP to the registry. Upon a reboot or API call, SSP DLLs gain access to encrypted and plaintext passwords stored in Windows.
 6references:
 7    - https://powersploit.readthedocs.io/en/latest/Persistence/Install-SSP/
 8    - https://github.com/EmpireProject/Empire/blob/08cbd274bef78243d7a8ed6443b8364acd1fc48b/data/module_source/persistence/Install-SSP.ps1#L157
 9author: iwillkeepwatch
10date: 2019-01-18
11modified: 2022-08-09
12tags:
13    - attack.persistence
14    - attack.t1547.005
15logsource:
16    category: registry_event
17    product: windows
18detection:
19    selection:
20        TargetObject|endswith:
21            - '\Control\Lsa\Security Packages'
22            - '\Control\Lsa\OSConfig\Security Packages'
23    filter_main_msiexec:
24        Image:
25            - 'C:\Windows\system32\msiexec.exe'
26            - 'C:\Windows\syswow64\MsiExec.exe'
27    condition: selection and not 1 of filter_main_*
28falsepositives:
29    - Unknown
30level: high

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