UAC Bypass Using Consent and Comctl32 - File

calendar Apr 28, 2026 · attack.privilege-escalation attack.t1548.002  ·
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Detects the pattern of UAC Bypass using consent.exe and comctl32.dll (UACMe 22)

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 1title: UAC Bypass Using Consent and Comctl32 - File
 2id: 62ed5b55-f991-406a-85d9-e8e8fdf18789
 3status: test
 4description: Detects the pattern of UAC Bypass using consent.exe and comctl32.dll (UACMe 22)
 5references:
 6    - https://github.com/hfiref0x/UACME
 7author: Christian Burkard (Nextron Systems)
 8date: 2021-08-23
 9modified: 2022-10-09
10tags:
11    - attack.privilege-escalation
12    - attack.t1548.002
13logsource:
14    category: file_event
15    product: windows
16detection:
17    selection:
18        TargetFilename|startswith: 'C:\Windows\System32\consent.exe.@'
19        TargetFilename|endswith: '\comctl32.dll'
20    condition: selection
21falsepositives:
22    - Unknown
23level: high

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