TA0004 · PRIVILEGE ESCALATION
Temporary Elevated Cloud Access
T1548.005Sub-technique of Abuse Elevation Control MechanismIaaS · Office Suite · Identity Providerattack.mitre.org
Adversaries may abuse permission configurations that allow them to gain temporarily elevated access to cloud resources.
Detect it with
No MITRE detection guidance published. Build coverage from the parent technique and your own telemetry.
Why it matters on shift
Temporary Elevated Cloud Access is one of the concrete ways adversaries achieve privilege escalation. Recognising it in telemetry lets you name the technique in your ticket and pivot to what came before and after.
What to look for next
After privilege escalation, the next tactic is usually Defense Evasion. Search your telemetry for the transition before closing the ticket.
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