Forced Authentication
Technique · ATTACK:enterprise:T1187
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{
"id": "ATTACK:enterprise:T1187",
"title": "Forced Authentication",
"type": "Technique",
"source_url": "https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1187",
"snapshot": "enterprise-attack-20.0.json",
"status": "active",
"rights": "Source metadata only; source notices retained; no operational prose or payloads",
"review_status": "machine-extracted; source-specific checks passed, editorial review pending",
"stix_id": "attack-pattern--b77cf5f3-6060-475d-bd60-40ccbf28fdc2",
"external_id": "T1187",
"domain": "enterprise",
"created": "2018-01-16T16:13:52.465Z",
"modified": "2025-10-24T17:49:16.134Z",
"version": "1.4",
"aliases": [
],
"tactics": [
"credential-access"
],
"source_references": [
{
"source_name": "Rapid7",
"url": "https://www.rapid7.com/blog/post/2021/08/03/petitpotam-novel-attack-chain-can-fully-compromise-windows-domains-running-ad-cs/"
},
{
"source_name": "Cylance Redirect to SMB",
"url": "https://www.cylance.com/content/dam/cylance/pdfs/white_papers/RedirectToSMB.pdf"
},
{
"source_name": "GitHub Hashjacking",
"url": "https://github.com/hob0/hashjacking"
},
{
"source_name": "Microsoft Managing WebDAV Security",
"url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20100210125749/https://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/WindowsServer2003/Library/IIS/4beddb35-0cba-424c-8b9b-a5832ad8e208.mspx"
},
{
"source_name": "Osanda Stealing NetNTLM Hashes",
"url": "https://osandamalith.com/2017/03/24/places-of-interest-in-stealing-netntlm-hashes/"
},
{
"source_name": "Didier Stevens WebDAV Traffic",
"url": "https://blog.didierstevens.com/2017/11/13/webdav-traffic-to-malicious-sites/"
},
{
"source_name": "GitHub",
"url": "https://github.com/topotam/PetitPotam"
},
{
"source_name": "US-CERT APT Energy Oct 2017",
"url": "https://www.us-cert.gov/ncas/alerts/TA17-293A"
},
{
"source_name": "Wikipedia Server Message Block",
"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Server_Message_Block"
}
]
}Explicit source assertions (6)
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ATTACK:enterprise:C0064 → uses → ATTACK:enterprise:T1187
MITRE ATT&CK: Source assertion; no new actor identity, alias equivalence, CVE exploitation or causal inference. Procedure prose omitted.
Assertion source · Locator: relationship--2cc1282e-d1a6-44db-ad7a-f4a86ad4de5c
AI-Mexico-Govt-BreachATTACK:enterprise:G0079 → uses → ATTACK:enterprise:T1187
MITRE ATT&CK: Source assertion; no new actor identity, alias equivalence, CVE exploitation or causal inference. Procedure prose omitted.
Assertion source · Locator: relationship--2db02b07-4dd3-4810-9103-1f8d7bd46a60
Unit 42 Phishery Aug 2018ATTACK:enterprise:M1027 → mitigates → ATTACK:enterprise:T1187
MITRE ATT&CK: Source assertion; no new actor identity, alias equivalence, CVE exploitation or causal inference. Procedure prose omitted.
Assertion source · Locator: relationship--6537d47a-80c0-442b-a1ec-3451d078a2a9
ATTACK:enterprise:M1037 → mitigates → ATTACK:enterprise:T1187
MITRE ATT&CK: Source assertion; no new actor identity, alias equivalence, CVE exploitation or causal inference. Procedure prose omitted.
Assertion source · Locator: relationship--85c9285a-6738-42dd-aa12-fbded3e7bbdb
US-CERT SMB Security · US-CERT APT Energy Oct 2017ATTACK:enterprise:G0035 → uses → ATTACK:enterprise:T1187
MITRE ATT&CK: Source assertion; no new actor identity, alias equivalence, CVE exploitation or causal inference. Procedure prose omitted.
Assertion source · Locator: relationship--db7707d7-5334-47b3-b203-0ee4fcbae5e9
US-CERT TA18-074A · Gigamon Berserk Bear October 2021ATTACK:enterprise:S0634 → uses → ATTACK:enterprise:T1187
MITRE ATT&CK: Source assertion; no new actor identity, alias equivalence, CVE exploitation or causal inference. Procedure prose omitted.
Assertion source · Locator: relationship--ee1dd5bc-9d75-4f46-87a1-12fcb7183f32
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