Security Support Provider (SSP) Added to LSA Configuration

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About the rule

Rule Type

Standard

Rule Description

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.

Severity

Trouble

Rule Requirement

Criteria

Action1: actionname = "Registry Event" AND (OBJECTNAME endswith "\Control\Lsa\Security Packages,\Control\Lsa\OSConfig\Security Packages" OR (OBJECTNAME endswith "\Control\Lsa,\Control\Lsa\OSConfig" AND OBJECTVALUENAME = "Security Packages,Security Packages")) AND PROCESSNAME != "C:\Windows\system32\msiexec.exe,C:\Windows\syswow64\MsiExec.exe" select Action1.HOSTNAME,Action1.MESSAGE,Action1.PROCESSNAME,Action1.OBJECTNAME,Action1.OBJECTVALUENAME,Action1.ACCESSES,Action1.USERNAME,Action1.DOMAIN,Action1.PREVVAL,Action1.CHANGES,Action1.INFORMATION

Detection

Execution Mode

realtime

Log Sources

Windows

Author

iwillkeepwatch