Suspicious Windows Credential Manager Access through VaultCmd (via process_creation)

title: Suspicious Windows Credential Manager Access through VaultCmd (via process_creation)
id: f5fdffa9-9c24-53a6-bd14-4d0f76a0b22d
status: stable
description: This rule detects list credentials currently stored in Windows Credential Manager via the native Windows utility vaultcmd.exe
references:
    - https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1555/004/
    - https://github.com/redcanaryco/atomic-red-team/blob/f339e7da7d05f6057fdfcdd3742bfcf365fee2a9/atomics/T1555.004/T1555.004.md#atomic-test-1---access-saved-credentials-via-vaultcmd
author: Huntrule Team
date: 2026-04-30
tags:
    - attack.credential-access
    - attack.t1555.004
logsource:
    category: process_creation
    product: windows
detection:
    selection_img:
        - Image|endswith: '\VaultCmd.exe'
        - OriginalFileName: 'VAULTCMD.EXE'
    selection_cli:
        CommandLine|contains: '/listcreds:'
    condition: all of selection*
falsepositives:
    - Unknown
level: medium