Sigma rule: PUA - WebBrowserPassView Execution

A detection rule from the SigmaHQ repository, shown as its author published it. Dataset version ref-d13ff42edde8, updated 2023-02-14T00:00:00.000Z.

Rule

Title
PUA - WebBrowserPassView Execution
Status
test
Level
medium
Author
frack113
Date
2022-08-20
Modified
2023-02-14
File
rules/windows/process_creation/proc_creation_win_pua_webbrowserpassview.yml
Commit
ccbb0369507f796db0b0ae6854c8a2be471b9d84

Detects the execution of WebBrowserPassView.exe. A password recovery tool that reveals the passwords stored by the following Web browsers, Internet Explorer (Version 4.0 - 11.0), Mozilla Firefox (All Versions), Google Chrome, Safari, and Opera

Log source

product
windows
category
process_creation

Detection

selection:
    - Description: 'Web Browser Password Viewer'
    - Image|endswith: '\WebBrowserPassView.exe'
condition: selection

False positives (as the rule lists them)

  • Legitimate use

Tags

  • attack.credential-access
  • attack.t1555.003

MITRE ATT&CK ids this rule names

References

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_pua_webbrowserpassview.yml

Sources and licences

  • SigmaHQ

    "PUA - WebBrowserPassView Execution" by frack113 (SigmaHQ). Rule: https://github.com/SigmaHQ/sigma/blob/ccbb0369507f796db0b0ae6854c8a2be471b9d84/rules/windows/process_creation/proc_creation_win_pua_webbrowserpassview.yml.
    Licensed under the Detection Rule License (DRL) 1.1: https://github.com/SigmaHQ/Detection-Rule-License

    Detection Rule License (DRL) 1.1

Cite this page

Dragons Eye Ransomware Tracker, "Sigma rule: PUA - WebBrowserPassView Execution",
entity page, dataset version ref-d13ff42edde8, updated 2023-02-14T00:00:00.000Z,
https://ransomware-tracker.com/detections/sigma/d0dae994-26c6-4d2d-83b5-b3c8b79ae513 (accessed 2026-11-03).
Underlying source: SigmaHQ rule d0dae994-26c6-4d2d-83b5-b3c8b79ae513, commit ccbb0369507f796db0b0ae6854c8a2be471b9d84.

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