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An attacker abuses a legitimate elevation mechanism rather than exploiting a software flaw. How does MITRE classify this?

  1. As abuse of an elevation control mechanism, a distinct technique
  2. As process injection
  3. As valid accounts
  4. As exploitation for privilege escalation
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Answer: A. As abuse of an elevation control mechanism, a distinct technique

Nothing is exploited; the built-in mechanism is used as designed, which is why the detection differs.

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