Security Support Provider - T1547.005

(ATT&CK® Technique)

Definition

Adversaries may abuse security support providers (SSPs) to execute DLLs when the system boots. Windows SSP DLLs are loaded into the Local Security Authority (LSA) process at system start. Once loaded into the LSA, SSP DLLs have access to encrypted and plaintext passwords that are stored in Windows, such as any logged-on user's Domain password or smart card PINs.

D3FEND Inferred Relationships

Browse the D3FEND knowledge graph by clicking on the nodes below.

        graph LR;

     T1547005["Security Support Provider"] --> |modifies| SystemConfigurationDatabaseRecord["System Configuration Database Record"]; class T1547005 OffensiveTechniqueNode;
        class SystemConfigurationDatabaseRecord ArtifactNode; click SystemConfigurationDatabaseRecord href "/dao/artifact/d3f:SystemConfigurationDatabaseRecord";
        click T1547005 href "/offensive-technique/attack/T1547.005/"; click SystemConfigurationDatabaseRecord href "/dao/artifact/d3f:SystemConfigurationDatabaseRecord";              RestoreConfiguration["Restore Configuration"] -->
          | restores | SystemConfigurationDatabaseRecord["System Configuration Database Record"];

          RestoreConfiguration["Restore Configuration"] -.->
            | may-restore | T1547005["Security Support Provider"] ;
          class RestoreConfiguration DefensiveTechniqueNode;
          class SystemConfigurationDatabaseRecord ArtifactNode;
          click RestoreConfiguration href "/technique/d3f:RestoreConfiguration";

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