
title: Windows Credential Editor Registry
author: Florian Roth
date: 2019/12/31
description: Detects the use of Windows Credential Editor (WCE)
detection:
  SELECTION_1:
    EventID: 12
  SELECTION_2:
    EventID: 13
  SELECTION_3:
    EventID: 14
  SELECTION_4:
    TargetObject: '*Services\WCESERVICE\Start*'
  condition: ((SELECTION_1 or SELECTION_2 or SELECTION_3) and SELECTION_4)
falsepositives:
- Unknown
id: a6b33c02-8305-488f-8585-03cb2a7763f2
level: critical
logsource:
  category: registry_event
  product: windows
modified: 2020/09/06
references:
- https://www.ampliasecurity.com/research/windows-credentials-editor/
status: experimental
tags:
- attack.credential_access
- attack.t1003
- attack.t1003.001
- attack.s0005
ruletype: SIGMA
