T1552 Unsecured Credentials
EnterpriseAdversaries may search compromised systems to find and obtain insecurely stored credentials. These credentials can be stored and/or misplaced in many locations on a system, including plaintext files (e.g. Shell History), operating system or application-specific repositories (e.g. Credentials in Registry), or other specialized files/artifacts (e.g. Private Keys).
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tactics
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sub-techniques (8)
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mitigations
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detected by (9)
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countered by (D3FEND)
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NIST CSF 2.0 — areas of relevance (Protect / Detect)
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- PR.AAIdentity Management, Authentication, and Access Controlmoderate · backed by 12 of 32 mapped controls
- PR.DSData Securitymoderate · backed by 10 of 32 mapped controls
- PR.PSPlatform Securitymoderate · backed by 8 of 32 mapped controls
Derived from MITRE CTID (Apache-2.0) and the NIST 800-53 ↔ CSF crosswalk (public domain). Indicative relevance along the Protect/Detect axis — not a compliance assessment or coverage claim.
mitigating controls (32)
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known-exploited CVEs (4)
Related CVEs.
| ID | severity | exploitable | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CVE-2024-20439US | critical9.8OT critical | KEV | ||
A vulnerability in Cisco Smart Licensing Utility (CSLU) could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to log into an affected system by using a static administrative credential.… | ||||
| CVE-2024-21887US | critical9.1OT critical | KEV | ||
A command injection vulnerability in web components of Ivanti Connect Secure (9.x, 22.x) and Ivanti Policy Secure (9.x, 22.x) allows an authenticated administrator to send special… | ||||
| CVE-2023-49103US | high7.5OT critical | KEV | ||
An issue was discovered in ownCloud owncloud/graphapi 0.2.x before 0.2.1 and 0.3.x before 0.3.1. The graphapi app relies on a third-party GetPhpInfo.php library that provides a URL… | ||||
| CVE-2020-5902US | critical9.8OT critical | KEV | ||
In BIG-IP versions 15.0.0-15.1.0.3, 14.1.0-14.1.2.5, 13.1.0-13.1.3.3, 12.1.0-12.1.5.1, and 11.6.1-11.6.5.1, the Traffic Management User Interface (TMUI), also referred to as the Co… | ||||
groups (2)
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software (4)
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campaigns (2)
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