Function Call From Undocumented COM Interface EditionUpgradeManager

calendar Apr 28, 2026 · attack.privilege-escalation attack.t1548.002  ·
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Detects function calls from the EditionUpgradeManager COM interface. Which is an interface that is not used by standard executables.

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 1title: Function Call From Undocumented COM Interface EditionUpgradeManager
 2id: fb3722e4-1a06-46b6-b772-253e2e7db933
 3status: test
 4description: Detects function calls from the EditionUpgradeManager COM interface. Which is an interface that is not used by standard executables.
 5references:
 6    - https://www.snip2code.com/Snippet/4397378/UAC-bypass-using-EditionUpgradeManager-C/
 7    - https://gist.github.com/hfiref0x/de9c83966623236f5ebf8d9ae2407611
 8author: oscd.community, Dmitry Uchakin
 9date: 2020-10-07
10modified: 2023-11-30
11tags:
12    - attack.privilege-escalation
13    - attack.t1548.002
14logsource:
15    category: process_access
16    product: windows
17detection:
18    selection:
19        CallTrace|contains: 'editionupgrademanagerobj.dll'
20    condition: selection
21falsepositives:
22    - Unknown
23level: medium

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