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Make and Impersonate Token - T1134.003 (8cdeb020-e31e-4f88-a582-f53dcfbda819)

Adversaries may make new tokens and impersonate users to escalate privileges and bypass access controls. For example, if an adversary has a username and password but the user is not logged onto the system the adversary can then create a logon session for the user using the LogonUser function.(Citation: LogonUserW function) The function will return a copy of the new session's access token and the adversary can use SetThreadToken to assign the token to a thread.

This behavior is distinct from Token Impersonation/Theft in that this refers to creating a new user token instead of stealing or duplicating an existing one.

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Access Token Manipulation - T1134 (dcaa092b-7de9-4a21-977f-7fcb77e89c48) Attack Pattern Make and Impersonate Token - T1134.003 (8cdeb020-e31e-4f88-a582-f53dcfbda819) Attack Pattern 1