Regedit as Trusted Installer

calendar Feb 21, 2023 · attack.privilege_escalation attack.t1548  ·
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Detects a regedit started with TrustedInstaller privileges or by ProcessHacker.exe

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 1title: Regedit as Trusted Installer
 2id: 883835a7-df45-43e4-bf1d-4268768afda4
 3status: test
 4description: Detects a regedit started with TrustedInstaller privileges or by ProcessHacker.exe
 5references:
 6    - https://twitter.com/1kwpeter/status/1397816101455765504
 7author: Florian Roth (Nextron Systems)
 8date: 2021/05/27
 9modified: 2022/10/09
10tags:
11    - attack.privilege_escalation
12    - attack.t1548
13logsource:
14    category: process_creation
15    product: windows
16detection:
17    selection:
18        Image|endswith: '\regedit.exe'
19        ParentImage|endswith:
20            - '\TrustedInstaller.exe'
21            - '\ProcessHacker.exe'
22    condition: selection
23falsepositives:
24    - Unlikely
25level: high

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