Access Token Manipulation: Make and Impersonate Token

Created the Friday 27 January 2023. Updated 1 year, 2 months ago.

Adversaries may make and impersonate tokens to escalate privileges and bypass access controls. 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.

Technique Identifier

T1134.003

Technique Tags

Defense Evasion Privilege Escalation LogonUser SetThreadToken Cobalt Strike

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