LSASS Driver
Subtechnique · ATTACK:enterprise:T1547.008
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{
"id": "ATTACK:enterprise:T1547.008",
"title": "LSASS Driver",
"type": "Subtechnique",
"source_url": "https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1547/008",
"snapshot": "enterprise-attack-20.0.json",
"status": "active",
"rights": "Source metadata only; source notices retained; no operational prose or payloads",
"review_status": "machine-extracted; source-specific checks passed, editorial review pending",
"stix_id": "attack-pattern--f0589bc3-a6ae-425a-a3d5-5659bfee07f4",
"external_id": "T1547.008",
"domain": "enterprise",
"created": "2020-01-24T18:38:55.801Z",
"modified": "2025-10-24T17:49:35.318Z",
"version": "1.1",
"aliases": [
],
"tactics": [
"persistence",
"privilege-escalation"
],
"source_references": [
{
"source_name": "Microsoft LSA Protection Mar 2014",
"url": "https://technet.microsoft.com/library/dn408187.aspx"
},
{
"source_name": "Microsoft DLL Security",
"url": "https://msdn.microsoft.com/library/windows/desktop/ff919712.aspx"
},
{
"source_name": "Microsoft Security Subsystem",
"url": "https://technet.microsoft.com/library/cc961760.aspx"
},
{
"source_name": "TechNet Autoruns",
"url": "https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb963902"
}
]
}Explicit source assertions (6)
First 80 shown here; the complete set is in this record’s JSON and plaintext. Each relationship retains its source and locator. No inferred relationships are added.
ATTACK:enterprise:S0176 → uses → ATTACK:enterprise:T1547.008
MITRE ATT&CK: Source assertion; no new actor identity, alias equivalence, CVE exploitation or causal inference. Procedure prose omitted.
Assertion source · Locator: relationship--019eb3cf-35df-4109-a006-1b91331866c3
Microsoft SIR Vol 21 · Microsoft Wingbird Nov 2017ATTACK:enterprise:M1025 → mitigates → ATTACK:enterprise:T1547.008
MITRE ATT&CK: Source assertion; no new actor identity, alias equivalence, CVE exploitation or causal inference. Procedure prose omitted.
Assertion source · Locator: relationship--26bc4aac-e7db-426f-af9f-b85fa60df277
Microsoft LSA Protection Mar 2014ATTACK:enterprise:T1547.008 → subtechnique-of → ATTACK:enterprise:T1547
MITRE ATT&CK: Source assertion; no new actor identity, alias equivalence, CVE exploitation or causal inference. Procedure prose omitted.
Assertion source · Locator: relationship--632e44a7-833f-4c91-bdae-9a3c4df7db6b
ATTACK:enterprise:M1043 → mitigates → ATTACK:enterprise:T1547.008
MITRE ATT&CK: Source assertion; no new actor identity, alias equivalence, CVE exploitation or causal inference. Procedure prose omitted.
Assertion source · Locator: relationship--6ca7aa45-86c5-4ba7-bd43-8d9446fb05d2
Microsoft Enable Cred Guard April 2017 · Microsoft Credential Guard April 2017ATTACK:enterprise:M1044 → mitigates → ATTACK:enterprise:T1547.008
MITRE ATT&CK: Source assertion; no new actor identity, alias equivalence, CVE exploitation or causal inference. Procedure prose omitted.
Assertion source · Locator: relationship--71bcc1dc-2392-448a-8133-f126fed08023
Microsoft DLL SecurityATTACK:enterprise:S0208 → uses → ATTACK:enterprise:T1547.008
MITRE ATT&CK: Source assertion; no new actor identity, alias equivalence, CVE exploitation or causal inference. Procedure prose omitted.
Assertion source · Locator: relationship--ac89c5e2-ade5-4889-a905-7dbe835ff5fd
Symantec Pasam May 2012