MITRE ATT&CKtechnique

T1697 Steal Application Specific Passwords

Published 2026-09-17 Modified 2026-10-06 Official page ↗
Domain
enterprise
Tactics
Credential Access
Platforms
Office Suite, Identity Provider, SaaS
Version
1.0
Created
2026-09-17

Description

Adversaries may steal Application Specific Passwords (ASPs) to gain access to Valid Accounts, bypassing multifactor authentication (MFA) methods. ASPs are passwords typically used to give third-party applications or legacy devices (which do not support MFA methods) account access. An adversary may socially engineer a user into providing an ASP (using methods like Phishing for Information), generate an ASP for an already compromised account, or obtain an ASP stored on a system. Afterward, adversaries may use the ASP to access Valid Accounts and, in some cases, maintain Persistence, bypassing any form of MFA set on the account.

Related

Tactic · MITRE ATT&CK (1)

  • TA0006 Credential Access tactic

Referenced by MITRE ATT&CK · mitigates (4)

  • M1036 Account Use Policies mitigation
  • M1042 Disable or Remove Feature or Program mitigation
  • M1017 User Training mitigation
  • M1018 User Account Management mitigation

Referenced by MITRE ATT&CK · uses (1)

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