Searching for Saved Credentials via VaultCmdedit
Windows Credential Manager allows you to create, view, or delete saved credentials for signing into websites, connected applications, and networks. An adversary may abuse this to list or dump credentials stored in the Credential Manager for saved usernames and passwords. This may also be performed in preparation of lateral movement.
Rule type: eql
Rule indices:
- winlogbeat-*
- logs-endpoint.events.*
- logs-windows.*
- endgame-*
Severity: medium
Risk score: 47
Runs every: 5 minutes
Searches indices from: now-9m (Date Math format, see also Additional look-back time
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Maximum alerts per execution: 100
References:
Tags:
- Elastic
- Host
- Windows
- Threat Detection
- Credential Access
- Elastic Endgame
Version: 102 (version history)
Added (Elastic Stack release): 7.12.0
Last modified (Elastic Stack release): 8.6.0
Rule authors: Elastic
Rule license: Elastic License v2
Investigation guideedit
Rule queryedit
process where event.type == "start" and (process.pe.original_file_name:"vaultcmd.exe" or process.name:"vaultcmd.exe") and process.args:"/list*"
Threat mappingedit
Framework: MITRE ATT&CKTM
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Tactic:
- Name: Credential Access
- ID: TA0006
- Reference URL: https://attack.mitre.org/tactics/TA0006/
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Technique:
- Name: OS Credential Dumping
- ID: T1003
- Reference URL: https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1003/
Rule version historyedit
- Version 102 (8.6.0 release)
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- Formatting only
- Version 101 (8.5.0 release)
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Updated query, changed from:
process where event.type in ("start", "process_started") and (process.pe.original_file_name:"vaultcmd.exe" or process.name:"vaultcmd.exe") and process.args:"/list*"
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- Version 6 (8.4.0 release)
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- Formatting only
- Version 4 (8.3.0 release)
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- Formatting only
- Version 3 (8.2.0 release)
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- Formatting only
- Version 2 (7.16.0 release)
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- Formatting only