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Valid accounts in cloud environments may allow adversaries to perform actions to achieve Initial Access, Persistence, Privilege Escalation, or Defense Evasion.
Passed 20 of 22 test cases with the skill, and 14 of 22 without it.
and 5 more in the full report
6 fixed14 passed either way2 still failing0 broke
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One of 6 test cases the skill fixed. Same model, same prompt, with and without the skill.
What is the standard severity rating and impact classification assigned to the finding when the Cloud Accounts technique is determined to be applicable during a risk assessment?
| Checked | Without skill | With skill |
|---|---|---|
| Classifies finding severity as High. | Passed | Passed |
| Classifies finding impact as Defense Evasion. | Missed | Passed |
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Sub-technique of: T1078
Valid accounts in cloud environments may allow adversaries to perform actions to achieve Initial Access, Persistence, Privilege Escalation, or Defense Evasion. Cloud accounts are those created and configured by an organization for use by users, remote support, services, or for administration of resources within a cloud service provider or SaaS application. Cloud Accounts can exist solely in the cloud; alternatively, they may be hybrid-joined between on-premises systems and the cloud through syncing or federation with other identity sources such as Windows Active Directory.
Service or user accounts may be targeted by adversaries through Brute Force, Phishing, or various other means to gain access to the environment. Federated or synced accounts may be a pathway for the adversary to affect both on-premises systems and cloud environments - for example, by leveraging shared credentials to log onto Remote Services. High privileged cloud accounts, whether federated, synced, or cloud-only, may also allow pivoting to on-premises environments by leveraging SaaS-based Software Deployment Tools to run commands on hybrid-joined devices.
An adversary may create long lasting Additional Cloud Credentials on a compromised cloud account to maintain persistence in the environment. Such credentials may also be used to bypass security controls such as multi-factor authentication.
Cloud accounts may also be able to assume Temporary Elevated Cloud Access or other privileges through various means within the environment. Misconfigurations in role assignments or role assumption policies may allow an adversary to use these mechanisms to leverage permissions outside the intended scope of the account. Such over privileged accounts may be used to harvest sensitive data from online storage accounts and databases through Cloud API or other methods. For example, in Azure environments, adversaries may target Azure Managed Identities, which allow associated Azure resources to request access tokens. By compromising a resource with an attached Managed Identity, such as an Azure VM, adversaries may be able to Steal Application Access Tokens to move laterally across the cloud environment.
Platforms: IaaS, Identity Provider, Office Suite, SaaS
Identify Attack Surface: Determine if the target environment is susceptible to Cloud Accounts by examining the target platforms (IaaS, Identity Provider, Office Suite).
Assess Existing Defenses: Review whether mitigations for T1078.004 are in place. If defenses are absent or misconfigured, this technique may be exploitable.
test cases passed, vs 14 / 22 without
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