title: Findstr GPP Passwords
id: 91a2c315-9ee6-4052-a853-6f6a8238f90d
status: experimental
description: Look for the encrypted cpassword value within Group Policy Preference files on the Domain Controller. This value can be decrypted with gpp-decrypt.
author: frack113
references:
    - https://github.com/redcanaryco/atomic-red-team/blob/master/atomics/T1552.006/T1552.006.md#atomic-test-1---gpp-passwords-findstr
date: 2021/12/27
logsource:
    category: process_creation
    product: windows
detection:
    selection:
        Image|endswith: \findstr.exe
        CommandLine|contains|all:
            - cpassword 
            - \sysvol\
            - .xml
    condition: selection
falsepositives:
    - Unknown
level: high
tags:
    - attack.credential_access 
    - attack.t1552.006