{'created': '2020-01-30T13:58:14.373Z',
 'created_by_ref': 'identity--c78cb6e5-0c4b-4611-8297-d1b8b55e40b5',
 'description': 'Adversaries may circumvent mechanisms designed to control '
                'elevate privileges to gain higher-level permissions. Most '
                'modern systems contain native elevation control mechanisms '
                'that are intended to limit privileges that a user can perform '
                'on a machine. Authorization has to be granted to specific '
                'users in order to perform tasks that can be considered of '
                'higher risk.(Citation: TechNet How UAC Works)(Citation: sudo '
                'man page 2018) An adversary can perform several methods to '
                'take advantage of built-in control mechanisms in order to '
                'escalate privileges on a system.(Citation: OSX Keydnap '
                'malware)(Citation: Fortinet Fareit)',
 'external_references': [{'external_id': 'T1548',
                          'source_name': 'mitre-attack',
                          'url': 'https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1548'},
                         {'description': 'Lich, B. (2016, May 31). How User '
                                         'Account Control Works. Retrieved '
                                         'June 3, 2016.',
                          'source_name': 'TechNet How UAC Works',
                          'url': 'https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/itpro/windows/keep-secure/how-user-account-control-works'},
                         {'description': 'Marc-Etienne M.Leveille. (2016, July '
                                         '6). New OSX/Keydnap malware is '
                                         'hungry for credentials. Retrieved '
                                         'July 3, 2017.',
                          'source_name': 'OSX Keydnap malware',
                          'url': 'https://www.welivesecurity.com/2016/07/06/new-osxkeydnap-malware-hungry-credentials/'},
                         {'description': 'Salvio, J., Joven, R. (2016, '
                                         'December 16). Malicious Macro '
                                         'Bypasses UAC to Elevate Privilege '
                                         'for Fareit Malware. Retrieved '
                                         'December 27, 2016.',
                          'source_name': 'Fortinet Fareit',
                          'url': 'https://blog.fortinet.com/2016/12/16/malicious-macro-bypasses-uac-to-elevate-privilege-for-fareit-malware'},
                         {'description': 'Todd C. Miller. (2018). Sudo Man '
                                         'Page. Retrieved March 19, 2018.',
                          'source_name': 'sudo man page 2018',
                          'url': 'https://www.sudo.ws/'}],
 'id': 'attack-pattern--67720091-eee3-4d2d-ae16-8264567f6f5b',
 'kill_chain_phases': [{'kill_chain_name': 'mitre-attack',
                        'phase_name': 'privilege-escalation'},
                       {'kill_chain_name': 'mitre-attack',
                        'phase_name': 'defense-evasion'}],
 'modified': '2025-10-24T17:48:53.277Z',
 'name': 'Abuse Elevation Control Mechanism',
 'object_marking_refs': ['marking-definition--fa42a846-8d90-4e51-bc29-71d5b4802168'],
 'revoked': False,
 'spec_version': '2.1',
 'type': 'attack-pattern',
 'x_mitre_attack_spec_version': '3.2.0',
 'x_mitre_deprecated': False,
 'x_mitre_detection': '',
 'x_mitre_domains': ['enterprise-attack'],
 'x_mitre_is_subtechnique': False,
 'x_mitre_modified_by_ref': 'identity--c78cb6e5-0c4b-4611-8297-d1b8b55e40b5',
 'x_mitre_platforms': ['Linux',
                       'macOS',
                       'Windows',
                       'IaaS',
                       'Office Suite',
                       'Identity Provider'],
 'x_mitre_version': '1.5'}