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Access of Stored Browser Credentials
editAccess of Stored Browser Credentials
editIdentifies the execution of a process with arguments pointing to known browser files that store passwords and cookies. Adversaries may acquire credentials from web browsers by reading files specific to the target browser.
Rule type: eql
Rule indices:
- auditbeat-*
- logs-endpoint.events.*
Severity: high
Risk score: 73
Runs every: 5 minutes
Searches indices from: now-9m (Date Math format, see also Additional look-back time
)
Maximum alerts per execution: 100
References:
Tags:
- Elastic
- Host
- macOS
- Threat Detection
- Credential Access
Version: 100 (version history)
Added (Elastic Stack release): 7.12.0
Last modified (Elastic Stack release): 8.5.0
Rule authors: Elastic
Rule license: Elastic License v2
Investigation guide
editRule query
editprocess where event.type in ("start", "process_started") and process.args : ( "/Users/*/Library/Application Support/Google/Chrome/Default/Login Data", "/Users/*/Library/Application Support/Google/Chrome/Default/Cookies", "/Users/*/Library/Application Support/Google/Chrome/Profile*/Cookies", "/Users/*/Library/Cookies*", "/Users/*/Library/Application Support/Firefox/Profiles/*.default/cookies.sqlite", "/Users/*/Library/Application Support/Firefox/Profiles/*.default/key*.db", "/Users/*/Library/Application Support/Firefox/Profiles/*.default/logins.json", "Login Data", "Cookies.binarycookies", "key4.db", "key3.db", "logins.json", "cookies.sqlite" )
Threat mapping
editFramework: MITRE ATT&CKTM
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Tactic:
- Name: Credential Access
- ID: TA0006
- Reference URL: https://attack.mitre.org/tactics/TA0006/
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Technique:
- Name: Steal Web Session Cookie
- ID: T1539
- Reference URL: https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1539/
Rule version history
edit- Version 100 (8.5.0 release)
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- Formatting only
- Version 4 (8.4.0 release)
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Updated query, changed from:
process where event.type in ("start", "process_started") and process.args : ( "/Users/*/Library/Application Support/Google/Chrome/Default/Login Data", "/Users/*/Library/Application Support/Google/Chrome/Default/Cookies", "/Users/*/Library/Cookies*", "/Users/*/Library/Application Support/Firefox/Profiles/*.default/cookies.sqlite", "/Users/*/Library/Application Support/Firefox/Profiles/*.default/key*.db", "/Users/*/Library/Application Support/Firefox/Profiles/*.default/logins.json", "Login Data", "Cookies.binarycookies", "key4.db", "key3.db", "logins.json", "cookies.sqlite" )
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- Version 2 (8.2.0 release)
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- Formatting only