Unsecured Credentials
Technique · ATTACK:enterprise:T1552
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{
"id": "ATTACK:enterprise:T1552",
"title": "Unsecured Credentials",
"type": "Technique",
"source_url": "https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1552",
"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--435dfb86-2697-4867-85b5-2fef496c0517",
"external_id": "T1552",
"domain": "enterprise",
"created": "2020-02-04T12:47:23.631Z",
"modified": "2025-10-24T17:48:42.785Z",
"version": "1.5",
"aliases": [
],
"tactics": [
"credential-access"
],
"source_references": [
{
"source_name": "Brining MimiKatz to Unix",
"url": "https://labs.portcullis.co.uk/download/eu-18-Wadhwa-Brown-Where-2-worlds-collide-Bringing-Mimikatz-et-al-to-UNIX.pdf"
}
]
}Explicit source assertions (27)
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ATTACK:enterprise:T1552.006 → subtechnique-of → ATTACK:enterprise:T1552
MITRE ATT&CK: Source assertion; no new actor identity, alias equivalence, CVE exploitation or causal inference. Procedure prose omitted.
Assertion source · Locator: relationship--00814703-3c3b-4872-89e9-cea4ba5edf2d
ATTACK:enterprise:M1041 → mitigates → ATTACK:enterprise:T1552
MITRE ATT&CK: Source assertion; no new actor identity, alias equivalence, CVE exploitation or causal inference. Procedure prose omitted.
Assertion source · Locator: relationship--069ff8f0-889c-4463-bf5d-618bf5e457ee
ATTACK:enterprise:T1552.004 → subtechnique-of → ATTACK:enterprise:T1552
MITRE ATT&CK: Source assertion; no new actor identity, alias equivalence, CVE exploitation or causal inference. Procedure prose omitted.
Assertion source · Locator: relationship--0be618a0-f752-450f-8838-60c17fabd278
ATTACK:enterprise:M1051 → mitigates → ATTACK:enterprise:T1552
MITRE ATT&CK: Source assertion; no new actor identity, alias equivalence, CVE exploitation or causal inference. Procedure prose omitted.
Assertion source · Locator: relationship--1974c8c2-d97b-4ea3-9ed4-61a8d0cd2fdd
ADSecurity Finding Passwords in SYSVOL · MS14-025ATTACK:enterprise:C0049 → uses → ATTACK:enterprise:T1552
MITRE ATT&CK: Source assertion; no new actor identity, alias equivalence, CVE exploitation or causal inference. Procedure prose omitted.
Assertion source · Locator: relationship--1f29d292-9d2a-438d-8b8b-c9838e62b045
CISA Leviathan 2024ATTACK:enterprise:M1017 → mitigates → ATTACK:enterprise:T1552
MITRE ATT&CK: Source assertion; no new actor identity, alias equivalence, CVE exploitation or causal inference. Procedure prose omitted.
Assertion source · Locator: relationship--246e4d06-8646-4f9a-8d7c-1efd98fd11c1
ATTACK:enterprise:C0064 → uses → ATTACK:enterprise:T1552
MITRE ATT&CK: Source assertion; no new actor identity, alias equivalence, CVE exploitation or causal inference. Procedure prose omitted.
Assertion source · Locator: relationship--24956062-da03-4cb3-b8d8-9cb0e60344f7
AI-Mexico-Govt-BreachATTACK:enterprise:M1015 → mitigates → ATTACK:enterprise:T1552
MITRE ATT&CK: Source assertion; no new actor identity, alias equivalence, CVE exploitation or causal inference. Procedure prose omitted.
Assertion source · Locator: relationship--2b36db33-4f97-4228-bcca-4f453d1bd533
Microsoft MS14-025ATTACK:enterprise:M1027 → mitigates → ATTACK:enterprise:T1552
MITRE ATT&CK: Source assertion; no new actor identity, alias equivalence, CVE exploitation or causal inference. Procedure prose omitted.
Assertion source · Locator: relationship--529b0951-548c-4316-93d1-baf97d89f10a
ATTACK:enterprise:M1028 → mitigates → ATTACK:enterprise:T1552
MITRE ATT&CK: Source assertion; no new actor identity, alias equivalence, CVE exploitation or causal inference. Procedure prose omitted.
Assertion source · Locator: relationship--5401a61d-a795-4619-aa7e-fdf54cd4358e
ATTACK:enterprise:S1111 → uses → ATTACK:enterprise:T1552
MITRE ATT&CK: Source assertion; no new actor identity, alias equivalence, CVE exploitation or causal inference. Procedure prose omitted.
Assertion source · Locator: relationship--59f009e1-8175-439e-9fb1-6c37ae392307
Ensilo Darkgate 2018ATTACK:enterprise:T1552.007 → subtechnique-of → ATTACK:enterprise:T1552
MITRE ATT&CK: Source assertion; no new actor identity, alias equivalence, CVE exploitation or causal inference. Procedure prose omitted.
Assertion source · Locator: relationship--5b6ff1ab-eeca-43bc-8cd5-156bd8d3df8a
ATTACK:enterprise:M1037 → mitigates → ATTACK:enterprise:T1552
MITRE ATT&CK: Source assertion; no new actor identity, alias equivalence, CVE exploitation or causal inference. Procedure prose omitted.
Assertion source · Locator: relationship--6607178e-a8b4-4da9-b985-3712eb71a303
RedLock Instance Metadata API 2018ATTACK:enterprise:S1091 → uses → ATTACK:enterprise:T1552
MITRE ATT&CK: Source assertion; no new actor identity, alias equivalence, CVE exploitation or causal inference. Procedure prose omitted.
Assertion source · Locator: relationship--7d5cc26f-780f-4897-bae0-811e6b8bfa30
GitHub PacuATTACK:enterprise:M1022 → mitigates → ATTACK:enterprise:T1552
MITRE ATT&CK: Source assertion; no new actor identity, alias equivalence, CVE exploitation or causal inference. Procedure prose omitted.
Assertion source · Locator: relationship--8497e912-185d-403b-865e-17c4b02290d2
ATTACK:enterprise:T1552.001 → subtechnique-of → ATTACK:enterprise:T1552
MITRE ATT&CK: Source assertion; no new actor identity, alias equivalence, CVE exploitation or causal inference. Procedure prose omitted.
Assertion source · Locator: relationship--982441e5-d8f3-4b12-a765-4b503ce5db3b
ATTACK:enterprise:M1035 → mitigates → ATTACK:enterprise:T1552
MITRE ATT&CK: Source assertion; no new actor identity, alias equivalence, CVE exploitation or causal inference. Procedure prose omitted.
Assertion source · Locator: relationship--aa206b5b-9ea2-4f68-a4a0-4060e760c2cd
ATTACK:enterprise:M1047 → mitigates → ATTACK:enterprise:T1552
MITRE ATT&CK: Source assertion; no new actor identity, alias equivalence, CVE exploitation or causal inference. Procedure prose omitted.
Assertion source · Locator: relationship--abe43d10-714a-4f29-b164-d7cadd83cb61
ATTACK:enterprise:T1552.002 → subtechnique-of → ATTACK:enterprise:T1552
MITRE ATT&CK: Source assertion; no new actor identity, alias equivalence, CVE exploitation or causal inference. Procedure prose omitted.
Assertion source · Locator: relationship--adfeb8d8-1ce1-4abe-9861-21e2b26e8caa
ATTACK:enterprise:S0373 → uses → ATTACK:enterprise:T1552
MITRE ATT&CK: Source assertion; no new actor identity, alias equivalence, CVE exploitation or causal inference. Procedure prose omitted.
Assertion source · Locator: relationship--be30816a-854a-4568-ade5-8baa60fa087c
Cybereason Astaroth Feb 2019ATTACK:enterprise:T1552.003 → subtechnique-of → ATTACK:enterprise:T1552
MITRE ATT&CK: Source assertion; no new actor identity, alias equivalence, CVE exploitation or causal inference. Procedure prose omitted.
Assertion source · Locator: relationship--c49f7336-749e-483b-8873-9283a377546d
ATTACK:enterprise:T1552.008 → subtechnique-of → ATTACK:enterprise:T1552
MITRE ATT&CK: Source assertion; no new actor identity, alias equivalence, CVE exploitation or causal inference. Procedure prose omitted.
Assertion source · Locator: relationship--c6a3ab9f-8136-4965-a765-261d95b433e6
ATTACK:enterprise:G1059 → uses → ATTACK:enterprise:T1552
MITRE ATT&CK: Source assertion; no new actor identity, alias equivalence, CVE exploitation or causal inference. Procedure prose omitted.
Assertion source · Locator: relationship--cf07a411-af81-4945-8c6f-511e04a978c2
Mandiant_UNC1549TTPsTools_Nov2025ATTACK:enterprise:G1017 → uses → ATTACK:enterprise:T1552
MITRE ATT&CK: Source assertion; no new actor identity, alias equivalence, CVE exploitation or causal inference. Procedure prose omitted.
Assertion source · Locator: relationship--d0718f47-ad79-4d04-a9d9-7bc97371a947
CISA AA24-038A PRC Critical Infrastructure February 2024ATTACK:enterprise:S1131 → uses → ATTACK:enterprise:T1552
MITRE ATT&CK: Source assertion; no new actor identity, alias equivalence, CVE exploitation or causal inference. Procedure prose omitted.
Assertion source · Locator: relationship--dc434717-4497-4832-a1ff-d8f376022ff4
Huntress NPPSPY 2022ATTACK:enterprise:M1026 → mitigates → ATTACK:enterprise:T1552
MITRE ATT&CK: Source assertion; no new actor identity, alias equivalence, CVE exploitation or causal inference. Procedure prose omitted.
Assertion source · Locator: relationship--e30864c0-df50-403b-9ad0-ef744a5d7449
ATTACK:enterprise:T1552.005 → subtechnique-of → ATTACK:enterprise:T1552
MITRE ATT&CK: Source assertion; no new actor identity, alias equivalence, CVE exploitation or causal inference. Procedure prose omitted.
Assertion source · Locator: relationship--fd7ca8e8-82fc-443d-945a-fcef3352ec8a