Suspicious PUA - WebBrowserPassView Execution (via process_creation)

title: Suspicious PUA - WebBrowserPassView Execution (via process_creation)
id: c1d432b5-33bb-5c5a-9aa2-8b98feb277e7
status: stable
description: This rule detects the execution of WebBrowserPassView.exe. A password recovery tool that reveals the passwords stored by the following Web browsers, Internet Explorer (Version 4.0 - 11.0), Mozilla Firefox (All Versions), Google Chrome, Safari, and Opera
references:
    - https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1555/003/
    - https://github.com/redcanaryco/atomic-red-team/blob/40b77d63808dd4f4eafb83949805636735a1fd15/atomics/T1555.003/T1555.003.md
author: Huntrule Team
date: 2026-04-22
tags:
    - attack.credential-access
    - attack.t1555.003
logsource:
    category: process_creation
    product: windows
detection:
    selection:
        - Description: 'Web Browser Password Viewer'
        - Image|endswith: '\WebBrowserPassView.exe'
    condition: selection
falsepositives:
    - Unknown
level: medium