Adversaries may manipulate accounts to maintain access to victim systems. Account manipulation may consist of any action that preserves adversary access to a compromised account, such as modifying credentials or permission groups. These actions could also include account activity designed to subvert security policies, such as performing iterative password updates to bypass password duration policies and preserve the life of compromised credentials. In order to create or manipulate accounts, the adversary must already have sufficient permissions on systems or the domain.
View in MITRE ATT&CK®Capability ID | Capability Description | Mapping Type | ATT&CK ID | ATT&CK Name |
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AC-2 | Account Management | Protects | T1098 | Account Manipulation |
AC-3 | Access Enforcement | Protects | T1098 | Account Manipulation |
AC-4 | Information Flow Enforcement | Protects | T1098 | Account Manipulation |
AC-5 | Separation of Duties | Protects | T1098 | Account Manipulation |
AC-6 | Least Privilege | Protects | T1098 | Account Manipulation |
CM-5 | Access Restrictions for Change | Protects | T1098 | Account Manipulation |
CM-6 | Configuration Settings | Protects | T1098 | Account Manipulation |
CM-7 | Least Functionality | Protects | T1098 | Account Manipulation |
IA-2 | Identification and Authentication (organizational Users) | Protects | T1098 | Account Manipulation |
SC-46 | Cross Domain Policy Enforcement | Protects | T1098 | Account Manipulation |
SC-7 | Boundary Protection | Protects | T1098 | Account Manipulation |
SI-4 | System Monitoring | Protects | T1098 | Account Manipulation |
Technique ID | Technique Name | Number of Mappings |
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T1098.003 | Add Office 365 Global Administrator Role | 11 |
T1098.001 | Additional Cloud Credentials | 15 |
T1098.002 | Exchange Email Delegate Permissions | 11 |
T1098.004 | SSH Authorized Keys | 9 |