title: Windows Credential Editor
author: Florian Roth
date: 2019/12/31
description: Detects the use of Windows Credential Editor (WCE)
detection:
    SELECTION_1:
        EventID: 1
    SELECTION_2:
        EventID: 1
    SELECTION_3:
        Imphash: a53a02b997935fd8eedcb5f7abab9b9f
    SELECTION_4:
        Imphash: e96a73c7bf33a464c510ede582318bf2
    SELECTION_5:
        CommandLine: '*.exe -S'
    SELECTION_6:
        ParentImage: '*\services.exe'
    SELECTION_7:
        Image: '*\clussvc.exe'
    condition: (SELECTION_1 and (SELECTION_2 and ((SELECTION_3 or SELECTION_4) or
        (SELECTION_5 and SELECTION_6))) and  not (SELECTION_7))
falsepositives:
- Another service that uses a single -s command line switch
id: 7aa7009a-28b9-4344-8c1f-159489a390df
level: critical
logsource:
    category: process_creation
    product: windows
modified: 2021/07/15
references:
- https://www.ampliasecurity.com/research/windows-credentials-editor/
tags:
- attack.credential_access
- attack.t1003
- attack.t1003.001
- attack.s0005
yml_filename: sysmon_hack_wce.yml
yml_path: /Users/user/Documents/YamatoSecurity/sigma/rules/windows/process_creation