MediumSigmaHQ Nasreddine Bencherchali (Nextron Systems)

Credential Manager Access By Uncommon Applications

Detects suspicious processes based on name and location that access the windows credential manager and vault. Which can be a sign of credential stealing. Example case would be usage of mimikatz "dpapi::cred" function

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Detection requirements

Platform: Linux macOS Windows
The rule states no platform. This is derived from the ATT&CK technique it maps to.
Log source product: windows
Log source category: file_access

Known benign triggers

Legitimate software installed by the users for example in the "AppData" directory may access these files (for any reason).

References

Links the source published beside this detection. Reference is the link the source wrote, unmodified. Class is decided by this catalogue from the host and path, not stated by the source. Cited by counts published detections citing the same resource, including this one, and the sources beneath it count the repositories this catalogue ingests, which is not the same as independent research.
Reference	Class	Cited by
hunter2.gitbook.io/darthsidious/privilege-escalation/mimikatz	Unclassified	Only this detection cites it
www.absolomb.com/2018-01-26-Windows-Privilege-Escalation-Guide/	Unclassified	8

Detection rules

Credential Manager Access By Uncommon Applications

Detection logic

Detection requirements

Known benign triggers

MITRE ATT&CK mappings

References

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