CAPEC-233 — Privilege Escalation
CAPEC-233: Privilege Escalation
MITRE CAPEC attack pattern
| Status | Draft |
| Typical severity | — |
| Likelihood of attack | — |
| Catalogue | CAPEC 3.9 (2023-01-24) |
Description
An adversary exploits a weakness enabling them to elevate their privilege and perform an action that they are not supposed to be authorized to perform.
Where this sits in the chain
A finding maps to a weakness (CWE), a weakness is exploited by an attack pattern (CAPEC), and an attack pattern shows up in ATT&CK as observed adversary behaviour. This page is the middle hop.
Weaknesses exploited: CWE-269, CWE-1264, CWE-1311
ATT&CK techniques: T1548