T-4002ValidatedActive
Admin Impersonation
Impersonate administrator or privileged roles to gain elevated access
Tactic
Privilege Escalation · Stage 4
Escalate capabilities beyond declared scope or bypass authorization
Attack class
AGENT-IMPERSONATE
Impersonating trusted agents or administrative roles to gain unauthorized access
Evidence grade
ValidatedReproduced in a controlled lab environment (DVAA) with documented steps.
DVAA validation
L4-01
Reproductions in Damn Vulnerable AI Agent, the OpenA2A intentionally-broken agent for kill-chain validation.
Honeypot
AgentPwn coverage
context-manipulationagentpwn.com/learn ↗
An AgentPwn trap page produces a payload tagged with this technique class. Following the AgentPwn taxonomy of trap pages shows what an agent encounters.
Authority-impersonation tiers inject fake admin/system messages.
Detect
Detection · HackMyAgent
AUTH-001AUTH-002AUTH-003AUTH-004
npx hackmyagent secure --ciLive = implemented in hackmyagent; queued = declaredDefend
Defense · OASB controls
Reference
How to cite
AI Agent Threat Matrix T-4002 (Admin Impersonation). OpenA2A, 2026. https://threats.opena2a.org/techniques/T-4002