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name: UAC bypass via trusted Windows directory masquerading
id: ae80219c-a083-41ed-97e0-c8e9e2428400
version: 1.0.0
description: |
Identifies an attempt to bypass User Account Control (UAC) by masquerading as a
Microsoft trusted Windows directory. Adversaries abuse UAC bypass to execute code
with elevated privileges.
labels:
tactic.id: TA0004
tactic.name: Privilege Escalation
tactic.ref: https://attack.mitre.org/tactics/TA0004/
technique.id: T1548
technique.name: Abuse Elevation Control Mechanism
technique.ref: https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1548/
subtechnique.id: T1548.002
subtechnique.name: Bypass User Account Control
subtechnique.ref: https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1548/002/
references:
- https://github.com/hfiref0x/UACME
- https://medium.com/tenable-techblog/uac-bypass-by-mocking-trusted-directories-24a96675f6e

condition: >
spawn_process and
ps.token.integrity_level = 'HIGH' and
ps.exe imatches
(
'*:\\Windows \\system32\\*.exe',
'*:\\Windows \\SysWOW64\\*.exe',
'*:\\ Windows*\\System32\\*.exe',
'*:\\ Windows*\\SysWOW64\\*.exe'
)
action:
- name: kill

severity: high

min-engine-version: 3.0.0
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