{'created': '2020-01-24T17:16:11.806Z',
 'created_by_ref': 'identity--c78cb6e5-0c4b-4611-8297-d1b8b55e40b5',
 'description': 'Adversaries may abuse security support providers (SSPs) to '
                'execute DLLs when the system boots. Windows SSP DLLs are '
                'loaded into the Local Security Authority (LSA) process at '
                'system start. Once loaded into the LSA, SSP DLLs have access '
                'to encrypted and plaintext passwords that are stored in '
                "Windows, such as any logged-on user's Domain password or "
                'smart card PINs.\n'
                '\n'
                'The SSP configuration is stored in two Registry keys: '
                '<code>HKLM\\SYSTEM\\CurrentControlSet\\Control\\Lsa\\Security '
                'Packages</code> and '
                '<code>HKLM\\SYSTEM\\CurrentControlSet\\Control\\Lsa\\OSConfig\\Security '
                'Packages</code>. An adversary may modify these Registry keys '
                'to add new SSPs, which will be loaded the next time the '
                'system boots, or when the AddSecurityPackage Windows API '
                'function is called.(Citation: Graeber 2014)',
 'external_references': [{'external_id': 'T1547.005',
                          'source_name': 'mitre-attack',
                          'url': 'https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1547/005'},
                         {'description': 'Graeber, M. (2014, October). '
                                         'Analysis of Malicious Security '
                                         'Support Provider DLLs. Retrieved '
                                         'March 1, 2017.',
                          'source_name': 'Graeber 2014',
                          'url': 'http://docplayer.net/20839173-Analysis-of-malicious-security-support-provider-dlls.html'},
                         {'description': 'Microsoft. (2013, July 31). '
                                         'Configuring Additional LSA '
                                         'Protection. Retrieved June 24, 2015.',
                          'source_name': 'Microsoft Configure LSA',
                          'url': 'https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dn408187.aspx'}],
 'id': 'attack-pattern--5095a853-299c-4876-abd7-ac0050fb5462',
 'kill_chain_phases': [{'kill_chain_name': 'mitre-attack',
                        'phase_name': 'persistence'},
                       {'kill_chain_name': 'mitre-attack',
                        'phase_name': 'privilege-escalation'}],
 'modified': '2025-10-24T17:48:46.245Z',
 'name': 'Security Support Provider',
 'object_marking_refs': ['marking-definition--fa42a846-8d90-4e51-bc29-71d5b4802168'],
 'spec_version': '2.1',
 'type': 'attack-pattern',
 'x_mitre_attack_spec_version': '3.2.0',
 'x_mitre_deprecated': False,
 'x_mitre_detection': '',
 'x_mitre_domains': ['enterprise-attack'],
 'x_mitre_is_subtechnique': True,
 'x_mitre_modified_by_ref': 'identity--c78cb6e5-0c4b-4611-8297-d1b8b55e40b5',
 'x_mitre_platforms': ['Windows'],
 'x_mitre_version': '1.1'}