Potentially Suspicious Event Viewer Child Process
Detects uncommon or suspicious child processes of "eventvwr.exe" which might indicate a UAC bypass attempt
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1title: Potentially Suspicious Event Viewer Child Process
2id: be344333-921d-4c4d-8bb8-e584cf584780
3related:
4 - id: 7c81fec3-1c1d-43b0-996a-46753041b1b6
5 type: derived
6status: test
7description: Detects uncommon or suspicious child processes of "eventvwr.exe" which might indicate a UAC bypass attempt
8references:
9 - https://enigma0x3.net/2016/08/15/fileless-uac-bypass-using-eventvwr-exe-and-registry-hijacking/
10 - https://www.hybrid-analysis.com/sample/e122bc8bf291f15cab182a5d2d27b8db1e7019e4e96bb5cdbd1dfe7446f3f51f?environmentId=100
11author: Florian Roth (Nextron Systems)
12date: 2017-03-19
13modified: 2023-09-28
14tags:
15 - attack.defense-evasion
16 - attack.privilege-escalation
17 - attack.t1548.002
18 - car.2019-04-001
19logsource:
20 category: process_creation
21 product: windows
22detection:
23 selection:
24 ParentImage|endswith: '\eventvwr.exe'
25 filter_main_generic:
26 Image|endswith:
27 - ':\Windows\System32\mmc.exe'
28 - ':\Windows\System32\WerFault.exe'
29 - ':\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe'
30 condition: selection and not 1 of filter_main_*
31falsepositives:
32 - Unknown
33level: high
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