{'created': '2020-02-11T18:39:25.122Z',
 'created_by_ref': 'identity--c78cb6e5-0c4b-4611-8297-d1b8b55e40b5',
 'description': 'Adversaries may use a single or small list of commonly used '
                'passwords against many different accounts to attempt to '
                'acquire valid account credentials. Password spraying uses one '
                "password (e.g. 'Password01'), or a small list of commonly "
                'used passwords, that may match the complexity policy of the '
                'domain. Logins are attempted with that password against many '
                'different accounts on a network to avoid account lockouts '
                'that would normally occur when brute forcing a single account '
                'with many passwords. (Citation: BlackHillsInfosec Password '
                'Spraying)\n'
                '\n'
                'Typically, management services over commonly used ports are '
                'used when password spraying. Commonly targeted services '
                'include the following:\n'
                '\n'
                '* SSH (22/TCP)\n'
                '* Telnet (23/TCP)\n'
                '* FTP (21/TCP)\n'
                '* NetBIOS / SMB / Samba (139/TCP & 445/TCP)\n'
                '* LDAP (389/TCP)\n'
                '* Kerberos (88/TCP)\n'
                '* RDP / Terminal Services (3389/TCP)\n'
                '* HTTP/HTTP Management Services (80/TCP & 443/TCP)\n'
                '* MSSQL (1433/TCP)\n'
                '* Oracle (1521/TCP)\n'
                '* MySQL (3306/TCP)\n'
                '* VNC (5900/TCP)\n'
                '\n'
                'In addition to management services, adversaries may "target '
                'single sign-on (SSO) and cloud-based applications utilizing '
                'federated authentication protocols," as well as externally '
                'facing email applications, such as Office 365.(Citation: '
                'US-CERT TA18-068A 2018)\n'
                '\n'
                'In order to avoid detection thresholds, adversaries may '
                'deliberately throttle password spraying attempts to avoid '
                'triggering security alerting. Additionally, adversaries may '
                'leverage LDAP and Kerberos authentication attempts, which are '
                'less likely to trigger high-visibility events such as Windows '
                '"logon failure" event ID 4625 that is commonly triggered by '
                'failed SMB connection attempts.(Citation: Microsoft '
                'Storm-0940)  ',
 'external_references': [{'external_id': 'T1110.003',
                          'source_name': 'mitre-attack',
                          'url': 'https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1110/003'},
                         {'description': 'Metcalf, S. (2018, May 6). Trimarc '
                                         'Research: Detecting Password '
                                         'Spraying with Security Event '
                                         'Auditing. Retrieved January 16, '
                                         '2019.',
                          'source_name': 'Trimarc Detecting Password Spraying',
                          'url': 'https://www.trimarcsecurity.com/single-post/2018/05/06/Trimarc-Research-Detecting-Password-Spraying-with-Security-Event-Auditing'},
                         {'description': 'Microsoft Threat Intelligence. '
                                         '(2024, October 31). Chinese threat '
                                         'actor Storm-0940 uses credentials '
                                         'from password spray attacks from a '
                                         'covert network. Retrieved June 4, '
                                         '2025.',
                          'source_name': 'Microsoft Storm-0940',
                          'url': 'https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/security/blog/2024/10/31/chinese-threat-actor-storm-0940-uses-credentials-from-password-spray-attacks-from-a-covert-network/'},
                         {'description': 'Thyer, J. (2015, October 30). '
                                         'Password Spraying & Other Fun with '
                                         'RPCCLIENT. Retrieved April 25, 2017.',
                          'source_name': 'BlackHillsInfosec Password Spraying',
                          'url': 'http://www.blackhillsinfosec.com/?p=4645'},
                         {'description': 'US-CERT. (2018, March 27). TA18-068A '
                                         'Brute Force Attacks Conducted by '
                                         'Cyber Actors. Retrieved October 2, '
                                         '2019.',
                          'source_name': 'US-CERT TA18-068A 2018',
                          'url': 'https://www.us-cert.gov/ncas/alerts/TA18-086A'}],
 'id': 'attack-pattern--692074ae-bb62-4a5e-a735-02cb6bde458c',
 'kill_chain_phases': [{'kill_chain_name': 'mitre-attack',
                        'phase_name': 'credential-access'}],
 'modified': '2025-10-24T17:48:53.996Z',
 'name': 'Password Spraying',
 'object_marking_refs': ['marking-definition--fa42a846-8d90-4e51-bc29-71d5b4802168'],
 'revoked': False,
 'spec_version': '2.1',
 'type': 'attack-pattern',
 'x_mitre_attack_spec_version': '3.2.0',
 'x_mitre_contributors': ['Microsoft Threat Intelligence Center (MSTIC)',
                          'John Strand'],
 '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': ['Containers',
                       'ESXi',
                       'IaaS',
                       'Identity Provider',
                       'Linux',
                       'Network Devices',
                       'Office Suite',
                       'SaaS',
                       'Windows',
                       'macOS'],
 'x_mitre_version': '1.8'}