// MITRE ATT&CK

T1134.002 · Create Process with Token

🎯 Stealth Windows Sub-technique

Sub-technique of T1134 · Access Token Manipulation.

Adversaries may create a new process with an existing token to escalate privileges and bypass access controls. Processes can be created with the token and resulting security context of another user using features such as CreateProcessWithTokenW and runas.(Citation: Microsof...

How to detect & mitigate it

Detecting Create Process with Token starts with your SIEM/EDR telemetry. Write a detection rule with the Sigma generator, analyze suspicious logs in the log analyzer, and place the technique on your coverage with the ATT&CK matrix.

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