Permission Groups Discovery: Domain Groups

Threat Actors may attempt to find domain-level groups and permission settings. The knowledge of domain-level permission groups can help Threat Actors determine which groups exist and which users belong to a particular group. Threat Actors may use this information to determine which users have elevated permissions, such as domain administrators.

ID: ATAGS-T1146.002
Sub-technique of:  ATAGS-T1146
Tactic: Discovery
Targeted Components: Cloud Control Plane
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.