Certificate Exported From Local Certificate Store
Detects when an application exports a certificate (and potentially the private key as well) from the local Windows certificate store.
Detection logic
Detection requirements
- Platform
- Identity ProviderLinuxmacOSWindows
The rule states no platform. This is derived from the ATT&CK technique it maps to.
- Log source product
- windows
- Log source service
- certificateservicesclient_lifecycle_system
Known benign triggers
- Legitimate application requesting certificate exports will trigger this. Apply additional filters as needed
MITRE ATT&CK mappings
0 exclusive techniques.This is coverage no other published rule has; it is not this rule's total technique count.
References
| Reference | Cited by |
|---|---|
| www.splunk.com/en_us/blog/security/breaking-the-chain-defending-against-certificate-services-abuse.html | 4 |
From the source
- At source
- Open at source
- Upstream identifier
- 58c0bff0-40a0-46e8-b5e8-b734b84d2017
- Tagged by the source as
- attack.credential-access
Licence
- Published under
- Detection Rule License 1.1Read the licence
- Attribution
- Required
Authorship
- Written by
- Published
- Aug 26, 2026
- Version
- 1