MITRE ATT&CKsub-technique

T1110.004 Credential Stuffing

Published 2020-02-11 Modified 2026-05-12 Official page ↗
Domain
enterprise
Tactics
Credential Access
Platforms
Containers, ESXi, IaaS, Identity Provider, Linux, macOS, Network Devices, Office Suite, SaaS, Windows
Version
1.7
Created
2020-02-11

Description

Adversaries may use credentials obtained from breach dumps of unrelated accounts to gain access to target accounts through credential overlap. Occasionally, large numbers of username and password pairs are dumped online when a website or service is compromised and the user account credentials accessed. The information may be useful to an adversary attempting to compromise accounts by taking advantage of the tendency for users to use the same passwords across personal and business accounts. Credential stuffing is a risky option because it could cause numerous authentication failures and account lockouts, depending on the organization's login failure policies. Typically, management services over commonly used ports are used when stuffing credentials. Commonly targeted services include the following: • SSH (22/TCP) • Telnet (23/TCP) • FTP (21/TCP) • NetBIOS / SMB / Samba (139/TCP & 445/TCP) • LDAP (389/TCP) • Kerberos (88/TCP) • RDP / Terminal Services (3389/TCP) • HTTP/HTTP Management Services (80/TCP & 443/TCP) • MSSQL (1433/TCP) • Oracle (1521/TCP) • MySQL (3306/TCP) • VNC (5900/TCP) In addition to management services, adversaries may "target single sign-on (SSO) and cloud-based applications utilizing federated authentication protocols," as well as externally facing email applications, such as Office 365.

Related

Subtechnique of · MITRE ATT&CK (1)

  • T1110 Brute Force technique

Tactic · MITRE ATT&CK (1)

  • TA0006 Credential Access tactic

Referenced by MITRE ATT&CK · mitigates (4)

  • M1036 Account Use Policies mitigation
  • M1032 Multi-factor Authentication mitigation
  • M1018 User Account Management mitigation
  • M1027 Password Policies mitigation

Referenced by MITRE ATT&CK · uses (3)

  • G1055 VOID MANTICORE group
  • G0114 Chimera group
  • S0266 TrickBot software (malware)

Referenced by CAPEC · att&ck technique (1)

  • CAPEC-600 Credential Stuffing attack pattern

Referenced by Compliance · mitigates (20)

  • CIS-13.5 Manage Access Control for Remote Access CIS Safeguard v8.1
  • CIS-4.10 Enforce Automatic Device Lockout on Portable End-User Devices CIS Safeguard v8.1
  • CIS-5.2 Use Unique Passwords CIS Safeguard v8.1
  • CIS-5.3 Disable Dormant Accounts CIS Safeguard v8.1
  • CIS-6.3 Require MFA for Externally-Exposed Applications CIS Safeguard v8.1
  • CIS-6.5 Require MFA for Administrative Access CIS Safeguard v8.1
  • NIST-AC-2 Account Management NIST 800-53 control
  • NIST-AC-20 Use of External Systems NIST 800-53 control
  • NIST-AC-3 Access Enforcement NIST 800-53 control
  • NIST-AC-5 Separation of Duties NIST 800-53 control
  • NIST-AC-6 Least Privilege NIST 800-53 control
  • NIST-AC-7 Unsuccessful Logon Attempts NIST 800-53 control
  • NIST-CA-7 Continuous Monitoring NIST 800-53 control
  • NIST-CM-2 Baseline Configuration NIST 800-53 control
  • NIST-CM-6 Configuration Settings NIST 800-53 control
  • NIST-IA-11 Re-authentication NIST 800-53 control
  • NIST-IA-2 Identification and Authentication (Organizational Users) NIST 800-53 control
  • NIST-IA-4 Identifier Management NIST 800-53 control
  • NIST-IA-5 Authenticator Management NIST 800-53 control
  • NIST-SI-4 System Monitoring NIST 800-53 control

References