UAC Bypass Using Consent and Comctl32 - File

 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.defense_evasion
12    - attack.privilege_escalation
13    - attack.t1548.002
14logsource:
15    category: file_event
16    product: windows
17detection:
18    selection:
19        TargetFilename|startswith: 'C:\Windows\System32\consent.exe.@'
20        TargetFilename|endswith: '\comctl32.dll'
21    condition: selection
22falsepositives:
23    - Unknown
24level: high

References

• GitHub - hfiref0x/UACME: Defeating Windows User Account Control

  

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