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T1136.001: T1136.001

View on MITRE ATT&CK The MITRE Corporation · Published 28/01/2020 14:50 · Modified 20/04/2026 12:52

Essential information

MITRE technique ID
T1136.001
Confidence
100/100
Revoked
No
Published
28/01/2020 14:50
Modified
20/04/2026 12:52
Author / Source
The MITRE Corporation

Aliases

Local Account

Platforms

windows macos linux Network Devices Containers ESXi

Description

Adversaries may create a local account to maintain access to victim systems. Local accounts are those configured by an organization for use by users, remote support, services, or for administration on a single system or service. For example, with a sufficient level of access, the Windows `net user /add` command can be used to create a local account. In Linux, the `useradd` command can be used, while on macOS systems, the `dscl -create` command can be used. Local accounts may also be added to network devices, often via common [Network Device CLI](https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1059/008) commands such as `username`, to ESXi servers via `esxcli system account add`, or to Kubernetes clusters using the `kubectl` utility.(Citation: cisco_username_cmd)(Citation: Kubernetes Service Accounts Security) Adversaries may also create new local accounts on network firewall management consoles – for example, by exploiting a vulnerable firewall management system, threat actors may be able to establish super-admin accounts that could be used to modify firewall rules and gain further access to the network.(Citation: Cyber Security News) Such accounts may be used to establish secondary credentialed access that do not require persistent remote access tools to be deployed on the system.

Kill chain phases

Kill chainPhase
mitre-attack persistence

Marking (TLP)

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External references

Related entities

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