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# Sensitive browser credential files accessed by a rare non browser process
### Synopsis
| Field | Value |
| -------------------- | --------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| Activation Period | 14 Days |
| Training Period | 30 Days |
| Test Period | N/A (single event) |
| Deduplication Period | 1 Day |
| Required Data | XDR Agent with eXtended Threat Hunting (XTH) |
| ATT\&CK Tactic | Credential Access (TA0006) |
| ATT\&CK Technique | Credentials from Password Stores: Credentials from Web Browsers (T1555.003) |
| Severity | Informational |
### Description
Sensitive browser credential files accessed by a rare non browser process.
### Attacker's Goals
Achieve Credential Access by harvesting credentials from local browser storage. This facilitates Lateral Movement and Persistence across the environment to gain unauthorized control over sensitive resources and information.
### Investigative actions
* Determine the legitimacy of the actor process that accessed the sensitive browser credential files.
* Analyze the process signature, file path, and command line arguments to verify the process's authenticity.
* Identify the process or user responsible for initiating the activity and assess its legitimacy.
### Variations
Sensitive browser credential files accessed by a rare non browser process from a commonly abused directory
**Synopsis**
| Field | Value |
| ----------------- | --------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| ATT\&CK Tactic | Credential Access (TA0006) |
| ATT\&CK Technique | Credentials from Password Stores: Credentials from Web Browsers (T1555.003) |
| Severity | Low |
**Description**
Sensitive browser credential files accessed by a rare non browser process.
**Attacker's Goals**
Achieve Credential Access by harvesting credentials from local browser storage. This facilitates Lateral Movement and Persistence across the environment to gain unauthorized control over sensitive resources and information.
**Investigative actions**
* Determine the legitimacy of the actor process that accessed the sensitive browser credential files.
* Analyze the process signature, file path, and command line arguments to verify the process's authenticity.
* Identify the process or user responsible for initiating the activity and assess its legitimacy.
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