Multiple Vault Web Credentials Read

Last updated 10 days ago on 2025-02-21
Created 3 years ago on 2022-08-30

About

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.
Tags
Domain: EndpointOS: WindowsUse Case: Threat DetectionTactic: Credential AccessData Source: Windows Security Event LogsLanguage: eql
Severity
medium
Risk Score
47
MITRE ATT&CK™

Credential Access (TA0006)(opens in a new tab or window)

License
Elastic License v2(opens in a new tab or window)

Definition

Rule Type
Event Correlation Rule
Integration Pack
Prebuilt Security Detection Rules
Index Patterns
logs-system.security*logs-windows.forwarded*winlogbeat-*
Related Integrations

system(opens in a new tab or window)

windows(opens in a new tab or window)

Query
sequence by winlog.computer_name, winlog.process.pid with maxspan=1s

 /* 2 consecutive vault reads from same pid for web creds */

 [any where event.code : "5382" and
  (winlog.event_data.SchemaFriendlyName : "Windows Web Password Credential" and winlog.event_data.Resource : "http*") and
  not winlog.event_data.SubjectLogonId : "0x3e7" and
  not winlog.event_data.Resource : "http://localhost/"]

 [any where event.code : "5382" and
  (winlog.event_data.SchemaFriendlyName : "Windows Web Password Credential" and winlog.event_data.Resource : "http*") and
  not winlog.event_data.SubjectLogonId : "0x3e7" and
  not winlog.event_data.Resource : "http://localhost/"]

Install detection rules in Elastic Security

Detect Multiple Vault Web Credentials Read in the Elastic Security detection engine by installing this rule into your Elastic Stack.

To setup this rule, check out the installation guide for Prebuilt Security Detection Rules(opens in a new tab or window).