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Vault credentials manager accessed

Status
experimental
Severity
medium
Log source
product windows, service security
Author
mdecrevoisier
Source
github.com/mdecrevoisier/SIGMA-detection-rules

Detects scenarios where an attacker attempts to access vault credentials

MITRE ATT&CK coverage

Event coverage

ProviderEventTitle
Security-AuditingEvent ID 5382Vault credentials were read.

Rule body yaml

title: Vault credentials manager accessed
description: Detects scenarios where an attacker attempts to access vault credentials
correlation: correlate ClientProcessId with Process PID from event ID 4688 to identify the origin of the access.
references:
- https://github.com/mdecrevoisier/EVTX-to-MITRE-Attack/tree/master/TA0005-Defense%20Evasion/T1555.004-Windows%20Credential%20Manager
- https://twitter.com/SBousseaden/status/1573380065714470912
- https://sites.utexas.edu/glenmark/2019/10/21/using-passwordvault-with-powershell/
- https://twitter.com/SBousseaden/status/1573380065714470912
- https://gist.github.com/Samirbous/c3c4122493ea5076adea9c895d2340ea
tags:
- attack.credential_access
- attack.t1555.004
author: mdecrevoisier
status: experimental
logsource:
  product: windows
  service: security
detection:
  selection:
    EventID: 5382

  selection_resource:
    Resource|startswith: 'http'

  selection_identity:
    Identity|contains: '@'

  condition: selection and (selection_resource or selection_identity)
falsepositives:
- software accessing the Windows Web Password Credential
level: medium

Stages and Predicates

Stage 0: condition

selection and (selection_resource or selection_identity)

Stage 1: selection

selection:
  EventID: 5382

Stage 2: selection_resource

selection_resource:
  Resource|startswith: 'http'

Stage 3: selection_identity

selection_identity:
  Identity|contains: '@'

Indicators

Each row is a field, operator, and value that the rule matches. The corpus column counts how many other rules in the catalog look for the same combination: high numbers point to widely-used, community-vetted indicators. Blank or 1 shows that the indicator is specific to this rule.

FieldKindValues
Identitymatch
  • @
Resourcestarts_with
  • http corpus 2 (sigma 1, elastic 1)