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T1134.002: T1134.002

View on MITRE ATT&CK The MITRE Corporation · Published 18/02/2020 17:48 · Modified 10/04/2026 12:07

Essential information

MITRE technique ID
T1134.002
Confidence
100/100
Revoked
No
Published
18/02/2020 17:48
Modified
10/04/2026 12:07
Author / Source
The MITRE Corporation

Aliases

Create Process with Token

Platforms

windows

Description

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: Microsoft RunAs) Creating processes with a token not associated with the current user may require the credentials of the target user, specific privileges to impersonate that user, or access to the token to be used. For example, the token could be duplicated via [Token Impersonation/Theft](https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1134/001) or created via [Make and Impersonate Token](https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1134/003) before being used to create a process. While this technique is distinct from [Token Impersonation/Theft](https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1134/001), the techniques can be used in conjunction where a token is duplicated and then used to create a new process.

Kill chain phases

Kill chainPhase
mitre-attack defense-evasion
mitre-attack privilege-escalation

Marking (TLP)

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External references

Related entities

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