MITRE ATT&CKsub-technique

T1634.001 Keychain

Published 2022-04-01 Modified 2025-10-24 Official page ↗
Domain
mobile
Tactics
Credential Access
Platforms
iOS
Version
1.1
Created
2022-04-01

Description

Adversaries may collect keychain data from an iOS device to acquire credentials. Keychains are the built-in way for iOS to keep track of users' passwords and credentials for many services and features such as Wi-Fi passwords, websites, secure notes, certificates, private keys, and VPN credentials. On the device, the keychain database is stored outside of application sandboxes to prevent unauthorized access to the raw data. Standard iOS APIs allow applications access to their own keychain contained within the database. By utilizing a privilege escalation exploit or existing root access, adversaries can access the entire encrypted database.

Related

Subtechnique of · MITRE ATT&CK (1)

  • T1634 Credentials from Password Store technique

Tactic · MITRE ATT&CK (1)

  • TA0031 Credential Access tactic

Referenced by MITRE ATT&CK · mitigates (3)

  • M1001 Security Updates mitigation
  • M1002 Attestation mitigation
  • M1010 Deploy Compromised Device Detection Method mitigation

Referenced by MITRE ATT&CK · uses (4)

  • C0054 Operation Triangulation campaign
  • S1216 TriangleDB software (malware)
  • S1185 LightSpy software (malware)
  • S0463 INSOMNIA software (malware)

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