{'created': '2020-02-18T16:48:56.582Z',
 'created_by_ref': 'identity--c78cb6e5-0c4b-4611-8297-d1b8b55e40b5',
 '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 '
                '<code>CreateProcessWithTokenW</code> and '
                '<code>runas</code>.(Citation: Microsoft RunAs)\n'
                '\n'
                '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.\n'
                '\n'
                '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.',
 'external_references': [{'external_id': 'T1134.002',
                          'source_name': 'mitre-attack',
                          'url': 'https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1134/002'},
                         {'description': 'Mathers, B. (2017, March 7). Command '
                                         'line process auditing. Retrieved '
                                         'April 21, 2017.',
                          'source_name': 'Microsoft Command-line Logging',
                          'url': 'https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-server-docs/identity/ad-ds/manage/component-updates/command-line-process-auditing'},
                         {'description': 'Microsoft. (2016, August 31). Runas. '
                                         'Retrieved October 1, 2021.',
                          'source_name': 'Microsoft RunAs',
                          'url': 'https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/previous-versions/windows/it-pro/windows-server-2012-r2-and-2012/cc771525(v=ws.11)'}],
 'id': 'attack-pattern--677569f9-a8b0-459e-ab24-7f18091fa7bf',
 'kill_chain_phases': [{'kill_chain_name': 'mitre-attack',
                        'phase_name': 'defense-evasion'},
                       {'kill_chain_name': 'mitre-attack',
                        'phase_name': 'privilege-escalation'}],
 'modified': '2025-10-24T17:48:53.370Z',
 'name': 'Create Process with Token',
 '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_contributors': ['Vadim Khrykov', 'Jonny Johnson'],
 'x_mitre_deprecated': False,
 'x_mitre_detection': '',
 'x_mitre_domains': ['enterprise-attack'],
 'x_mitre_is_subtechnique': True,
 'x_mitre_modified_by_ref': 'identity--c78cb6e5-0c4b-4611-8297-d1b8b55e40b5',
 'x_mitre_platforms': ['Windows'],
 'x_mitre_version': '1.3'}

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