{'created': '2020-03-13T20:21:54.758Z',
 'created_by_ref': 'identity--c78cb6e5-0c4b-4611-8297-d1b8b55e40b5',
 'description': 'Adversaries may obtain and abuse credentials of a domain '
                'account as a means of gaining Initial Access, Persistence, '
                'Privilege Escalation, or Defense Evasion.(Citation: TechNet '
                'Credential Theft) Domain accounts are those managed by Active '
                'Directory Domain Services where access and permissions are '
                'configured across systems and services that are part of that '
                'domain. Domain accounts can cover users, administrators, and '
                'services.(Citation: Microsoft AD Accounts)\n'
                '\n'
                'Adversaries may compromise domain accounts, some with a high '
                'level of privileges, through various means such as [OS '
                'Credential '
                'Dumping](https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1003) or '
                'password reuse, allowing access to privileged resources of '
                'the domain.',
 'external_references': [{'external_id': 'T1078.002',
                          'source_name': 'mitre-attack',
                          'url': 'https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1078/002'},
                         {'description': 'Microsoft. (2016, April 15). '
                                         'Attractive Accounts for Credential '
                                         'Theft. Retrieved June 3, 2016.',
                          'source_name': 'TechNet Credential Theft',
                          'url': 'https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dn535501.aspx'},
                         {'description': 'Microsoft. (2016, April 15). Audit '
                                         'Policy Recommendations. Retrieved '
                                         'June 3, 2016.',
                          'source_name': 'TechNet Audit Policy',
                          'url': 'https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dn487457.aspx'},
                         {'description': 'Microsoft. (2019, August 23). Active '
                                         'Directory Accounts. Retrieved March '
                                         '13, 2020.',
                          'source_name': 'Microsoft AD Accounts',
                          'url': 'https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/security/identity-protection/access-control/active-directory-accounts'},
                         {'description': 'Ubuntu. (n.d.). SSSD. Retrieved '
                                         'September 23, 2021.',
                          'source_name': 'Ubuntu SSSD Docs',
                          'url': 'https://ubuntu.com/server/docs/service-sssd'}],
 'id': 'attack-pattern--c3d4bdd9-2cfe-4a80-9d0c-07a29ecdce8f',
 'kill_chain_phases': [{'kill_chain_name': 'mitre-attack',
                        'phase_name': 'defense-evasion'},
                       {'kill_chain_name': 'mitre-attack',
                        'phase_name': 'persistence'},
                       {'kill_chain_name': 'mitre-attack',
                        'phase_name': 'privilege-escalation'},
                       {'kill_chain_name': 'mitre-attack',
                        'phase_name': 'initial-access'}],
 'modified': '2025-10-24T17:49:21.034Z',
 'name': 'Domain Accounts',
 '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': ['Jon Sternstein, Stern Security'],
 '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': ['ESXi', 'Linux', 'macOS', 'Windows'],
 'x_mitre_version': '1.5'}

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