HackTool - Powerup Write Hijack DLL

 1title: HackTool - Powerup Write Hijack DLL
 2id: 602a1f13-c640-4d73-b053-be9a2fa58b96
 3status: test
 4description: |
 5    Powerup tool's Write Hijack DLL exploits DLL hijacking for privilege escalation.
 6    In it's default mode, it builds a self deleting .bat file which executes malicious command.
 7    The detection rule relies on creation of the malicious bat file (debug.bat by default).    
 8references:
 9    - https://powersploit.readthedocs.io/en/latest/Privesc/Write-HijackDll/
10author: Subhash Popuri (@pbssubhash)
11date: 2021-08-21
12modified: 2024-06-27
13tags:
14    - attack.persistence
15    - attack.privilege-escalation
16    - attack.defense-evasion
17    - attack.t1574.001
18logsource:
19    category: file_event
20    product: windows
21detection:
22    selection:
23        Image|endswith:
24            - '\powershell.exe'
25            - '\pwsh.exe'
26        TargetFilename|endswith: '.bat'
27    condition: selection
28falsepositives:
29    - Any powershell script that creates bat files # highly unlikely (untested)
30level: high