Add cloud credentials / roles
Keys, secrets or roles added to cloud principals for persistence
categoryIdentity, authentication and credential attacksseverityHighdetectabilityHighlabnot yet measured
Example: HAFNIUM
Classification
25 values: 12 reviewed, 11 imported, 2 derived. What do these mean?
Exploitability
| Attack vector | Credential attacks |
|---|---|
| Reach (CVSS) | Network |
| Attack complexity | Low |
| Privileges required | Low |
| User interaction | None |
| Attacker skill required | Medium |
| Resources required | Low |
| Likelihood / prevalence | High |
| Maturity | Established |
Impact & scope
| Severity | High |
|---|---|
| Impact | ConfidentialityIntegrity |
| Platform | IaaSIdentity ProviderOffice SuiteSaaS |
| Environment | Cloud |
| Target asset class | Identity |
| Kill-chain phase (tactic) | PersistencePrivilege Escalation |
Detection & telemetry
| Detectability | High |
|---|---|
| Testability | Atomic Red Team test |
| Data sources (ATT&CK data components) | Active Directory Object CreationActive Directory Object ModificationUser Account Modification |
Detection & response
Mitigated by 33
- M1018 attack-mitigation
- M1026 attack-mitigation
- M1030 attack-mitigation
- M1032 attack-mitigation
- M1042 attack-mitigation
D3-AAd3fendD3-ALd3fendD3-AMd3fendD3-ANAAd3fendD3-ANCId3fendD3-APCAd3fendD3-CAAd3fendD3-CCSAd3fendD3-CDPd3fendD3-CHd3fendD3-CRd3fendD3-CROd3fendD3-CSPPd3fendD3-CTSd3fendD3-DAMd3fendD3-DUCd3fendD3-MFAd3fendD3-NTCDd3fendD3-NTFd3fendD3-NTSAd3fendD3-PHDURAd3fendD3-PMADd3fendD3-RICd3fendD3-RTSDd3fendD3-RUAAd3fendD3-UAPd3fendD3-UGLPAd3fendD3-ULAd3fend
Detected by 11
- DET0277 attack-detection-strategy
- DET0531 attack-detection-strategy
22f2fb54-5312-435d-852f-7c74f81684casigma413d4a81-6c98-4479-9863-014785fd579csigma5aecf3d5-f8a0-48e7-99be-3a759df7358fsigma969c7590-8c19-4797-8c1b-23155de6e7acsigmaa622fcd2-4b5a-436a-b8a2-a4171161833csigmab04934b2-0a68-4845-8a19-bdfed3a68a7asigmacbb67ecc-fb70-4467-9350-c910bdf7c628sigmaeaa9ac35-1730-441f-9587-25767bde99d7sigmaebbeb024-5b1d-4e16-9c0c-917f86c708a7sigma
Tested by 5
14f3af20-61f1-45b8-ad31-4637815f3f44atomic4d77f913-56f5-4a14-b4b1-bf7bb24298adatomic8822c3b0-d9f9-4daf-a043-491160a31122atomica12b5531-acab-4618-a470-0dafb294a87aatomicb8e747c3-bdf7-4d71-bce2-f1df2a057406atomic
Framework references
- Primary source: https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1098/
- attack: T1098.001 (primary)
- attack: T1098.003
Evidence & sources
- ev-0001 (Cyber Attack Taxonomy) — Name, definition and Example/ID taken verbatim from the 'Identity, authentication and credential attacks' table, line 360 of Cyber-Attack-Taxonomy.md
- ev-0002 (MITRE Enterprise ATT&CK v19.2 (STIX 2.1)) — ATT&CK usage prevalence: 4 groups/software/campaigns reference this technique (ATT&CK enterprise v19.2)
- ev-0003 (MITRE Enterprise ATT&CK v19.2 (STIX 2.1)) — ATT&CK usage prevalence: 5 groups/software/campaigns reference this technique (ATT&CK enterprise v19.2)