Sigma rule: Security Support Provider (SSP) Added to LSA Configuration

Rule

Title

Security Support Provider (SSP) Added to LSA Configuration

Status

test

Level

high

Author

iwillkeepwatch

Date

2019-01-18

Modified

2026-03-30

File

rules/windows/registry/registry_event/registry_event_ssp_added_lsa_config.yml

Commit

ccbb0369507f796db0b0ae6854c8a2be471b9d84

Detects the addition of a SSP to the registry. Upon a reboot or API call, SSP DLLs gain access to encrypted and plaintext passwords stored in Windows.

Log source

product

windows

category

registry_event

Detection

selection:
    TargetObject|endswith:
        - '\Control\Lsa\Security Packages'
        - '\Control\Lsa\OSConfig\Security Packages'
filter_main_msiexec:
    Image:
        - 'C:\Windows\system32\msiexec.exe'
        - 'C:\Windows\syswow64\MsiExec.exe'
filter_main_image_null:
    Image: null
condition: selection and not 1 of filter_main_*

False positives (as the rule lists them)

• Unknown

Tags

• attack.privilege-escalation
• attack.persistence
• attack.t1547.005

MITRE ATT&CK ids this rule names

• T1547.005

References

• https://powersploit.readthedocs.io/en/latest/Persistence/Install-SSP/
• https://github.com/EmpireProject/Empire/blob/08cbd274bef78243d7a8ed6443b8364acd1fc48b/data/module_source/persistence/Install-SSP.ps1#L157

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/registry/registry_event/registry_event_ssp_added_lsa_config.yml