MITRE ATT&CKsub-technique

T1547.008 LSASS Driver

Published 2020-01-24 Modified 2025-10-24 Official page ↗
Domain
enterprise
Tactics
Persistence, Privilege Escalation
Platforms
Windows
Version
1.1
Created
2020-01-24

Description

Adversaries may modify or add LSASS drivers to obtain persistence on compromised systems. The Windows security subsystem is a set of components that manage and enforce the security policy for a computer or domain. The Local Security Authority (LSA) is the main component responsible for local security policy and user authentication. The LSA includes multiple dynamic link libraries (DLLs) associated with various other security functions, all of which run in the context of the LSA Subsystem Service (LSASS) lsass.exe process. Adversaries may target LSASS drivers to obtain persistence. By either replacing or adding illegitimate drivers (e.g., Hijack Execution Flow), an adversary can use LSA operations to continuously execute malicious payloads.

Related

Subtechnique of · MITRE ATT&CK (1)

  • T1547 Boot or Logon Autostart Execution technique

Tactic · MITRE ATT&CK (2)

  • TA0003 Persistence tactic
  • TA0004 Privilege Escalation tactic

Referenced by MITRE ATT&CK · mitigates (3)

  • M1043 Credential Access Protection mitigation
  • M1044 Restrict Library Loading mitigation
  • M1025 Privileged Process Integrity mitigation

Referenced by MITRE ATT&CK · uses (2)

  • S0208 Pasam software (malware)
  • S0176 Wingbird software (malware)

Referenced by Compliance · mitigates (8)

  • CIS-2.6 Allowlist Authorized Libraries CIS Safeguard v8.1
  • NIST-CM-2 Baseline Configuration NIST 800-53 control
  • NIST-CM-6 Configuration Settings NIST 800-53 control
  • NIST-RA-5 Vulnerability Monitoring and Scanning NIST 800-53 control
  • NIST-SC-39 Process Isolation NIST 800-53 control
  • NIST-SI-3 Malicious Code Protection NIST 800-53 control
  • NIST-SI-4 System Monitoring NIST 800-53 control
  • NIST-SI-7 Software, Firmware, and Information Integrity NIST 800-53 control

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