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T1555.001: T1555.001

View on MITRE ATT&CK The MITRE Corporation · Published 16/12/2025 19:37 · Modified 27/03/2026 01:09

Essential information

MITRE technique ID
T1555.001
Confidence
100/100
Revoked
No
Published
16/12/2025 19:37
Modified
27/03/2026 01:09
Author / Source
The MITRE Corporation

Aliases

Keychain

Platforms

macos

Description

Adversaries may acquire credentials from Keychain. Keychain (or Keychain Services) is the macOS credential management system that stores account names, passwords, private keys, certificates, sensitive application data, payment data, and secure notes. There are three types of Keychains: Login Keychain, System Keychain, and Local Items (iCloud) Keychain. The default Keychain is the Login Keychain, which stores user passwords and information. The System Keychain stores items accessed by the operating system, such as items shared among users on a host. The Local Items (iCloud) Keychain is used for items synced with Apple’s iCloud service. Keychains can be viewed and edited through the Keychain Access application or using the command-line utility `security`. Keychain files are located in `~/Library/Keychains/`, `/Library/Keychains/`, and `/Network/Library/Keychains/`.(Citation: Keychain Services Apple)(Citation: Keychain Decryption Passware)(Citation: OSX Keychain Schaumann) Adversaries may gather user credentials from Keychain storage/memory. For example, the command `security dump-keychain –d` will dump all Login Keychain credentials from `~/Library/Keychains/login.keychain-db`. Adversaries may also directly read Login Keychain credentials from the `~/Library/Keychains/login.keychain` file. Both methods require a password, where the default password for the Login Keychain is the current user’s password to login to the macOS host.(Citation: External to DA, the OS X Way)(Citation: Empire Keychain Decrypt)

Kill chain phases

Kill chainPhase
mitre-attack credential-access

Marking (TLP)

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External references