Local Account - T1136.001 (635cbe30-392d-4e27-978e-66774357c762)
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 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)
Such accounts may be used to establish secondary credentialed access that do not require persistent remote access tools to be deployed on the system.
| Cluster A | Galaxy A | Cluster B | Galaxy B | Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Local Account - T1136.001 (635cbe30-392d-4e27-978e-66774357c762) | Attack Pattern | Create Account - T1136 (e01be9c5-e763-4caf-aeb7-000b416aef67) | Attack Pattern | 1 |