HackTool - Windows Credential Editor (WCE) Execution

Severity: critical
Author: Florian Roth (Nextron Systems)
Source: upstream

Detects the use of Windows Credential Editor (WCE), a popular post-exploitation tool used to extract plaintext passwords, hash, PIN code and Kerberos tickets from memory. It is often used by threat actors for credential dumping and lateral movement within compromised networks.

MITRE ATT&CK coverage

Tactic	Techniques
Credential Access	`T1003.001` OS Credential Dumping: LSASS Memory

Event coverage

Provider	Event ID	Title
Sysmon	1	Process creation

Stages and Predicates

Stage 1: `1 of selection_img`

or:
Image|endswith: '\WCE.exe'
Image|endswith: '\WCE64.exe'

Stage 2: `1 of selection_hash`

or:
Hashes|contains: 'IMPHASH=136F0A8572C058A96436C82E541E4C41'
Hashes|contains: 'IMPHASH=589657C64DDE88533186C39F82FA1F50'
Hashes|contains: 'IMPHASH=6BFE09EFCB4FFDE061EBDBAFC4DB84CF'
Hashes|contains: 'IMPHASH=7D490037BF450877E6D0287BDCFF8D2E'
Hashes|contains: 'IMPHASH=8AB93B061287C79F3088C5BC7E7D97ED'
Hashes|contains: 'IMPHASH=A53A02B997935FD8EEDCB5F7ABAB9B9F'
Hashes|contains: 'IMPHASH=BA434A7A729EEC20E136CA4C32D6C740'
Hashes|contains: 'IMPHASH=BD1D1547DA13C0FCB6C15E86217D5EB8'
Hashes|contains: 'IMPHASH=E96A73C7BF33A464C510EDE582318BF2'

Indicators

Each row is a field, operator, and value that the rule matches. The corpus column counts how many other rules in the catalog look for the same combination: high numbers point to widely-used, community-vetted indicators. Blank or 1 shows that the indicator is specific to this rule.

Field	Kind	Values
`Hashes`	match	`IMPHASH=136F0A8572C058A96436C82E541E4C41` `IMPHASH=589657C64DDE88533186C39F82FA1F50` `IMPHASH=6BFE09EFCB4FFDE061EBDBAFC4DB84CF` `IMPHASH=7D490037BF450877E6D0287BDCFF8D2E` `IMPHASH=8AB93B061287C79F3088C5BC7E7D97ED` `IMPHASH=A53A02B997935FD8EEDCB5F7ABAB9B9F` corpus 3 (sigma 3) `IMPHASH=BA434A7A729EEC20E136CA4C32D6C740` `IMPHASH=BD1D1547DA13C0FCB6C15E86217D5EB8` `IMPHASH=E96A73C7BF33A464C510EDE582318BF2` corpus 3 (sigma 3)
`Image`	ends_with	`\WCE.exe` `\WCE64.exe`