Access Token Manipulation: Create Process with Token

Threat Actors 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 CreateProcessWithTokenW and runas.

ID: ATAGS-T1079.001
Sub-technique of:  ATAGS-T1079
Targeted Components: Software
Responsibility: Provider
Created: 18 April 2026
Last Modified: 18 April 2026

Mitigations

This type of attack technique cannot be easily mitigated with preventive controls since it is based on the abuse of system features.