MITRE ATT&CKsub-technique
T1134.003 Make and Impersonate Token
- Domain
- enterprise
- Tactics
- Stealth, Privilege Escalation
- Platforms
- Windows
- Version
- 2.0
- Created
- 2020-02-18
Description
Adversaries may make new tokens and impersonate users to escalate privileges and bypass access controls. For example, if an adversary has a username and password but the user is not logged onto the system the adversary can then create a logon session for the user using the `LogonUser` function. The function will return a copy of the new session's access token and the adversary can use `SetThreadToken` to assign the token to a thread.
This behavior is distinct from Token Impersonation/Theft in that this refers to creating a new user token instead of stealing or duplicating an existing one.
Related
Subtechnique of · MITRE ATT&CK (1)
- T1134 Access Token Manipulation technique
Referenced by MITRE ATT&CK · mitigates (2)
Referenced by MITRE ATT&CK · uses (5)
Referenced by CAPEC · att&ck technique (1)
- CAPEC-196 Session Credential Falsification through Forging attack pattern
Referenced by Compliance · mitigates (9)
- CIS-6.8 Define and Maintain Role-Based Access Control CIS Safeguard v8.1
- NIST-AC-2 Account Management NIST 800-53 control
- NIST-AC-3 Access Enforcement NIST 800-53 control
- NIST-AC-5 Separation of Duties NIST 800-53 control
- NIST-AC-6 Least Privilege NIST 800-53 control
- NIST-CM-5 Access Restrictions for Change NIST 800-53 control
- NIST-CM-6 Configuration Settings NIST 800-53 control
- NIST-IA-13 Identity Providers and Authorization Servers NIST 800-53 control
- NIST-IA-2 Identification and Authentication (Organizational Users) NIST 800-53 control