Adversaries may use password cracking to attempt to recover usable credentials, such as plaintext passwords, when credential material such as password hashes are obtained. OS Credential Dumping is used to obtain password hashes, this may only get an adversary so far when Pass the Hash is not an option. Techniques to systematically guess the passwords used to compute hashes are available, or the adversary may use a pre-computed rainbow table to crack hashes. Cracking hashes is usually done on adversary-controlled systems outside of the target network.(Citation: Wikipedia Password cracking) The resulting plaintext password resulting from a successfully cracked hash may be used to log into systems, resources, and services in which the account has access.
View in MITRE ATT&CK®Capability ID | Capability Description | Mapping Type | ATT&CK ID | ATT&CK Name |
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AC-2 | Account Management | Protects | T1110.002 | Password Cracking |
AC-20 | Use of External Systems | Protects | T1110.002 | Password Cracking |
AC-3 | Access Enforcement | Protects | T1110.002 | Password Cracking |
AC-5 | Separation of Duties | Protects | T1110.002 | Password Cracking |
AC-6 | Least Privilege | Protects | T1110.002 | Password Cracking |
AC-7 | Unsuccessful Logon Attempts | Protects | T1110.002 | Password Cracking |
CA-7 | Continuous Monitoring | Protects | T1110.002 | Password Cracking |
CM-2 | Baseline Configuration | Protects | T1110.002 | Password Cracking |
CM-6 | Configuration Settings | Protects | T1110.002 | Password Cracking |
IA-11 | Re-authentication | Protects | T1110.002 | Password Cracking |
IA-2 | Identification and Authentication (organizational Users) | Protects | T1110.002 | Password Cracking |
IA-4 | Identifier Management | Protects | T1110.002 | Password Cracking |
IA-5 | Authenticator Management | Protects | T1110.002 | Password Cracking |
SI-4 | System Monitoring | Protects | T1110.002 | Password Cracking |