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Privilege Escalation via Indirect Role Usage

CCC.IAM.TH08

An identity principal possesses specific, highly privileged permissions, such as the ability to pass roles or impersonate service accounts, that allow it to leverage the permissions of a different, more privileged role. Even without being able to directly assume the target role, the principal can attach it to a new resource they control and then use that resource to perform unauthorized actions.

Related Capabilities

IDTitleDescription
CCC.IAM.CP02IAM UsersAbility to create, manage, list and delete IAM users. IAM user represents a single person or application.
CCC.IAM.CP06IAM Roles / Service PrincipalsAbility to create, manage, list and delete IAM roles. IAM role is an identity for applications or services to access resources.
CCC.IAM.CP15Role Assumption / DelegationAbility to temporarily assume another role or delegate access. Commonly used for user impersonation or temporary privilege elevation.

External Mappings

FrameworkIDRemarks
MITRE-ATT&CKT1548.006Abuse Elevation Control Mechanism: Temporary Elevated Cloud Access