ATT&CK · T1548
Abuse Elevation Control Mechanism
Tactics: privilege-escalation
About
Adversaries may circumvent mechanisms designed to control privilege elevation to gain higher-level permissions. Most modern systems contain native elevation control mechanisms that are intended to limit privileges that a user can perform on a machine. Authorization has to be granted to specific users in order to perform tasks that can be considered of higher risk. An adversary can perform several methods to take advantage of built-in control mechanisms in order to escalate privileges on a system.
Platforms: Linux, macOS, Windows, IaaS, Office Suite, Identity ProviderMITRE ATT&CK ↗
Used by actors
1 known groups
Software
1 malware/tools implement this
Raspberry Robin
Corpus indicators tagged with this technique
93 indicators in the corpus carry T1548.
Showing the top 30 by severity of 93.