T1003.002

Security Account Manager

SUB-TECHNIQUE Credential Access

Description

Adversaries may attempt to extract credential material from the Security Account Manager (SAM) database either through in-memory techniques or through the Windows Registry where the SAM database is stored. The SAM is a database file that contains local accounts for the host, typically those found with the <code>net user</code> command. Enumerating the SAM database requires SYSTEM level access.A number of tools can be used to retrieve the SAM file through in-memory techniques:* pwdumpx.exe * [gsecdump](https://attack.mitre.org/software/S0008) * [Mimikatz](https://attack.mitre.org/software/S0002) * secretsdump.pyAlternatively, the SAM can be extracted from the Registry with Reg:* <code>reg save HKLM\sam sam</code> * <code>reg save HKLM\system system</code>Creddump7 can then be used to process the SAM database locally to retrieve hashes.(Citation: GitHub Creddump7)Notes:* RID 500 account is the local, built-in administrator. * RID 501 is the guest account. * User accounts start with a RID of 1,000+.

Platforms

Windows

Mitigations

M1027 — Password Policies
M1026 — Privileged Account Management
M1028 — Operating System Configuration
M1017 — User Training

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