Skeleton Key is used to patch an enterprise domain controller authentication process with a backdoor password. It allows adversaries to bypass the standard authentication system to use a defined password for all accounts authenticating to that domain controller.2
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Skeleton Key S0007
- Type
- malware
- Platform
- Windows
- Created
- 31 May 2017
- Last modified
- 6 February 2024
Skeleton Key is malware used to inject false credentials into domain controllers with the intent of creating a backdoor password. [1] Functionality similar to Skeleton Key is included as a module in Mimikatz.
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TechniqueBottom 5%
3
TacticsBottom 21%
1
Threat groupunranked
0
CampaignsNone recorded
Enterprise ATT&CK only. Any Mobile or ICS rows on the same ATT&CK page are not carried.
MITRE reference S0007
Standing S0007
Reach is how much of ATT&CK this tool touches. Coverage is how well defended each thing it does is, as a median per technique rather than a total — a total would just restate the reach. Each figure is ranked against all 825 ATT&CK software entries only where that population actually spreads. Where most of the population shares one value, a percentile would rank the tie instead of the entity, so the raw value is shown and no rank is claimed.
Reach
Technique1Bottom 5%
5th percentile · 95% of 825 ATT&CK software entries have more Enterprise techniques.
Tactics3Bottom 21%
21st percentile · 79% of 825 ATT&CK software entries have more tactics spanned.
Threat group161% tie · 22 values
61% of the population shares a single value across only 22 distinct values, so a percentile here would rank the tie, not the entity.
Campaigns085% tie · 8 values
85% of the population shares a single value across only 8 distinct values, so a percentile here would rank the tie, not the entity.
Coverage
Rules / technique0medBottom 1%
1st percentile · 99% of 825 ATT&CK software entries have more detection rules per technique.
Tests / technique1med
Detection coverage S0007
None of the 1 technique recorded for this tool is covered by a detection rule in either library.
0 covered by at least one rule1 with no coverage0 distinct rules in total
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