Adversaries may search for common password storage locations to obtain user credentials.(Citation: F-Secure The Dukes) Passwords are stored in several places on a system, depending on the operating system or application holding the credentials. There are also specific applications and services that store passwords to make them easier for users to manage and maintain, such as password managers and cloud secrets vaults. Once credentials are obtained, they can be used to perform lateral movement and access restricted information.
View in MITRE ATT&CK®| Capability ID | Capability Description | Mapping Type | ATT&CK ID | ATT&CK Name | Notes |
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| CIS-7.7 | Remediate Detected Vulnerabilities | mitigates | T1555 | Credentials from Password Stores |
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Remediation can correct vulnerabilities in browsers, password managers, and other credential-storage applications. It does not address every operating-system, application, or cloud credential store.
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| CIS-7.4 | Perform Automated Application Patch Management | mitigates | T1555 | Credentials from Password Stores |
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Application patching can remove browser and password-manager vulnerabilities used to extract stored credentials. Operating-system credential stores and cloud secrets platforms may require different update mechanisms.
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| Capability ID | Capability Description | Mapping Type | ATT&CK ID | ATT&CK Name | Notes |
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| action.malware.variety.Password dumper | Password dumper (extract credential hashes) | related-to | T1555 | Credentials from Password Stores | |
| attribute.confidentiality.data_disclosure | Confirmed or potential data disclosure | related-to | T1555 | Credentials from Password Stores |
| Capability ID | Capability Description | Mapping Type | ATT&CK ID | ATT&CK Name | Notes |
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| cloud_key_management | Cloud Key Management | technique_scores | T1555 | Credentials from Password Stores |
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This control manages symmetric and asymmetric cryptographic keys for cloud services and protects against stealing credentials, certificates, keys from the organization.
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| secret_manager | Secret Manager | technique_scores | T1555 | Credentials from Password Stores |
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This control may provide a more secure location for storing passwords. If an cloud user account, endpoint, or application is compromised, they may have limited access to passwords stored in Secret Manager.
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| Capability ID | Capability Description | Mapping Type | ATT&CK ID | ATT&CK Name | Notes |
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| aws_secrets_manager | AWS Secrets Manager | technique_scores | T1555 | Credentials from Password Stores |
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This control may prevent harvesting of credentials from password stores by providing a secure, finely controlled location for secrets storage. This control is only relevant for credentials that would be used from application and configuration files and not those entered directly by an end user.
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| Technique ID | Technique Name | Number of Mappings |
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| T1555.002 | Securityd Memory | 3 |
| T1555.001 | Keychain | 3 |
| T1555.005 | Password Managers | 7 |
| T1555.003 | Credentials from Web Browsers | 9 |
| T1555.006 | Cloud Secrets Management Stores | 5 |
| T1555.004 | Windows Credential Manager | 3 |