Sigma rule: Enumeration for 3rd Party Creds From CLI

Rule

Title

Enumeration for 3rd Party Creds From CLI

Status

test

Level

medium

Author

Nasreddine Bencherchali (Nextron Systems)

Date

2022-06-20

Modified

2025-05-22

File

rules/windows/process_creation/proc_creation_win_registry_enumeration_for_credentials_cli.yml

Commit

ccbb0369507f796db0b0ae6854c8a2be471b9d84

Detects processes that query known 3rd party registry keys that holds credentials via commandline

Log source

product

windows

category

process_creation

Detection

selection:
    CommandLine|contains: # Add more paths as they are discovered
        - '\Software\Aerofox\Foxmail\V3.1'
        - '\Software\Aerofox\FoxmailPreview'
        - '\Software\DownloadManager\Passwords'
        - '\Software\FTPWare\COREFTP\Sites'
        - '\Software\IncrediMail\Identities'
        - '\Software\Martin Prikryl\WinSCP 2\Sessions'
        - '\Software\Mobatek\MobaXterm\'
        - '\Software\OpenSSH\Agent\Keys'
        - '\Software\OpenVPN-GUI\configs'
        - '\Software\ORL\WinVNC3\Password'
        - '\Software\Qualcomm\Eudora\CommandLine'
        - '\Software\RealVNC\WinVNC4'
        - '\Software\RimArts\B2\Settings'
        - '\Software\SimonTatham\PuTTY\Sessions'
        - '\Software\SimonTatham\PuTTY\SshHostKeys\'
        - '\Software\Sota\FFFTP'
        - '\Software\TightVNC\Server'
        - '\Software\WOW6432Node\Radmin\v3.0\Server\Parameters\Radmin'
filter_main_other_rule:  # matched by cc1abf27-78a3-4ac5-a51c-f3070b1d8e40
    Image|endswith: 'reg.exe'
    CommandLine|contains:
        - 'export'
        - 'save'
condition: selection and not 1 of filter_main_*

False positives (as the rule lists them)

• Unknown

Tags

• attack.credential-access
• attack.t1552.002

MITRE ATT&CK ids this rule names

• T1552.002

Related rules

• e0b0c2ab-3d52-46d9-8cb7-049dc775fbd1 (derived)
• cc1abf27-78a3-4ac5-a51c-f3070b1d8e40 (similar)

References

• https://isc.sans.edu/diary/More+Data+Exfiltration/25698
• https://github.com/synacktiv/Radmin3-Password-Cracker/blob/acfc87393e4b7c06353973a14a6c7126a51f36ac/regkey.txt
• https://github.com/HyperSine/how-does-MobaXterm-encrypt-password
• https://book.hacktricks.xyz/windows-hardening/windows-local-privilege-escalation#inside-the-registry

Read on 2026-11-03T00:58:21.399Z under licence sigma-drl-1.1@d5f4c36a from https://github.com/SigmaHQ/sigma/blob/ccbb0369507f796db0b0ae6854c8a2be471b9d84/rules/windows/process_creation/proc_creation_win_registry_enumeration_for_credentials_cli.yml