• Online, Self-Paced
Course Description

This lab challenges a learner to discover and exploit an existing credential management error in a cloud application to gain initial access and then escalate their privileges. In this lab, you are an adversary attempting to manually approve your own purchase using post parameter manipulation and vertical privilege escalation. Participants will also learn best practices to prevent and mitigate account hijacking and vertical privilege escalation exploitation.

Learning Objectives

On successful completion of this course, learners should have the knowledge and skills required to:

  • Understand how adversaries can exploit such vulnerabilities to gain initial access and then escalate their privileges

Framework Connections

The materials within this course focus on the NICE Framework Task, Knowledge, and Skill statements identified within the indicated NICE Framework component(s):

Specialty Areas

  • Risk Management
  • Software Development

Specialty Areas have been removed from the NICE Framework. With the recent release of the new NICE Framework data, updates to courses are underway. Until this course can be updated, this historical information is provided to give better context as to how it can help you with your cybersecurity goals.