Sigma rule: Wdigest Enable UseLogonCredential
A detection rule from the SigmaHQ repository, shown as its author published it. Dataset version ref-f1f4bfc45d63, updated 2023-08-17T00:00:00.000Z.
Rule
- Title
- Wdigest Enable UseLogonCredential
- Status
- test
- Level
- high
- Author
- Roberto Rodriguez (Cyb3rWard0g), OTR (Open Threat Research)
- Date
- 2019-09-12
- Modified
- 2023-08-17
- File
- rules/windows/registry/registry_set/registry_set_wdigest_enable_uselogoncredential.yml
- Commit
- ccbb0369507f796db0b0ae6854c8a2be471b9d84
Detects potential malicious modification of the property value of UseLogonCredential from HKLM:\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\SecurityProviders\WDigest to enable clear-text credentials
Log source
- product
- windows
- category
- registry_set
Detection
selection:
TargetObject|endswith: 'WDigest\UseLogonCredential'
Details: DWORD (0x00000001)
condition: selectionFalse positives (as the rule lists them)
- Unknown
Tags
- attack.persistence
- attack.defense-impairment
- attack.t1112
MITRE ATT&CK ids this rule names
References
- https://threathunterplaybook.com/hunts/windows/190510-RegModWDigestDowngrade/notebook.html
- https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/topic/microsoft-security-advisory-update-to-improve-credentials-protection-and-management-may-13-2014-93434251-04ac-b7f3-52aa-9f951c14b649
- https://github.com/redcanaryco/atomic-red-team/blob/73fcfa1d4863f6a4e17f90e54401de6e30a312bb/atomics/T1112/T1112.md#atomic-test-3---modify-registry-to-store-logon-credentials
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Sources and licences
SigmaHQ
"Wdigest Enable UseLogonCredential" by Roberto Rodriguez (Cyb3rWard0g), OTR (Open Threat Research) (SigmaHQ). Rule: https://github.com/SigmaHQ/sigma/blob/ccbb0369507f796db0b0ae6854c8a2be471b9d84/rules/windows/registry/registry_set/registry_set_wdigest_enable_uselogoncredential.yml.
Licensed under the Detection Rule License (DRL) 1.1: https://github.com/SigmaHQ/Detection-Rule-License
Cite this page
Dragons Eye Ransomware Tracker, "Sigma rule: Wdigest Enable UseLogonCredential",
entity page, dataset version ref-f1f4bfc45d63, updated 2023-08-17T00:00:00.000Z,
https://ransomware-tracker.com/detections/sigma/d6a9b252-c666-4de6-8806-5561bbbd3bdc (accessed 2026-11-03).
Underlying source: SigmaHQ rule d6a9b252-c666-4de6-8806-5561bbbd3bdc, commit ccbb0369507f796db0b0ae6854c8a2be471b9d84.
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