UAC Bypass Using WOW64 Logger DLL Hijack

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Detects the pattern of UAC Bypass using a WoW64 logger DLL hijack (UACMe 30)

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 1title: UAC Bypass Using WOW64 Logger DLL Hijack
 2id: 4f6c43e2-f989-4ea5-bcd8-843b49a0317c
 3status: test
 4description: Detects the pattern of UAC Bypass using a WoW64 logger DLL hijack (UACMe 30)
 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: process_access
15    product: windows
16detection:
17    selection:
18        SourceImage|contains: ':\Windows\SysWOW64\'
19        GrantedAccess: '0x1fffff'
20        CallTrace|startswith: 'UNKNOWN(0000000000000000)|UNKNOWN(0000000000000000)|'
21    condition: selection
22falsepositives:
23    - Unknown
24level: high

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