Adversaries may steal Application Specific Passwords (ASPs) to gain access to [Valid Accounts](https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1078), bypassing multifactor authentication (MFA) methods. ASPs are passwords typically used to give third-party applications or legacy devices (which do not support MFA methods) account access.(Citation: Application Specific Passwords)(Citation: Application Specific Passwords Push Sec)

An adversary may socially engineer a user into providing an ASP(Citation: UNC6293 ASP Creative Phishing Attack)(Citation: Application Specific Passwords Phishing) (using methods like [Phishing for Information](https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1598)), generate an ASP for an already compromised account,(Citation: Mandiant APT42-untangling)(Citation: TAG APT42) or obtain an ASP stored on a system. Afterward, adversaries may use the ASP to access [Valid Accounts](https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1078) and, in some cases, maintain [Persistence](https://attack.mitre.org/tactics/TA0003), bypassing any form of MFA set on the account.