1200KM / simulation
T1550.002 Pass the Hash — Attack Simulation
Adversaries may “pass the hash” using stolen password hashes to move laterally within an environment, bypassing normal system access controls. Pass the hash (PtH) is a method of authenticating as a user without having access to the user's cleartext password. This method bypasses standard authentication steps that require a cleartext password, moving directly into the portion of the authentication that uses the password hash. When performing PtH,…
Technique description
Adversaries may “pass the hash” using stolen password hashes to move laterally within an environment, bypassing normal system access controls. Pass the hash (PtH) is a method of authenticating as a user without having access to the user's cleartext password. This method bypasses standard authentication steps that require a cleartext password, moving directly into the portion of the authentication that uses the password hash. When performing PtH,…
At least one platform-compatible Atomic procedure is documented. Individual review, lab prerequisites, and validation remain required.
Official ATT&CK definition · Detection rules and anomaly models
Documented simulation candidates
- crackmapexec Pass the Hash
Procedure eb05b028-16c8-4ad8-adea-6f5b219da9a9; elevation not declared required; cleanup not declared. Not executed or individually validated.
- Mimikatz Pass the Hash
Procedure ec23cef9-27d9-46e4-a68d-6f75f7b86908; elevation not declared required; cleanup not declared. Not executed or individually validated.
- Invoke-WMIExec Pass the Hash
Procedure f8757545-b00a-4e4e-8cfb-8cfb961ee713; elevation not declared required; cleanup not declared. Not executed or individually validated.
Connected ecosystem references
Linked tags
Detection and collection
Attack tools
Threat actor context
These are explicit actor-to-technique associations in the existing Threat Matrix snapshot, not attribution of an event or proof that a detector identifies the actor. No tool-to-actor relationship is inferred.
Existing research
Pinned research references. No browser attack runner, live simulation result or validated detector is asserted. Source mappings and validation limits are preserved. ATT&CK / Atomic provenance · Detection provenance.