Sdclt Child Processes

calendar Oct 23, 2025 · attack.defense-evasion attack.privilege-escalation attack.t1548.002  ·
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A General detection for sdclt spawning new processes. This could be an indicator of sdclt being used for bypass UAC techniques.

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 1title: Sdclt Child Processes
 2id: da2738f2-fadb-4394-afa7-0a0674885afa
 3status: test
 4description: A General detection for sdclt spawning new processes. This could be an indicator of sdclt being used for bypass UAC techniques.
 5references:
 6    - https://github.com/OTRF/detection-hackathon-apt29/issues/6
 7    - https://github.com/OTRF/ThreatHunter-Playbook/blob/2d4257f630f4c9770f78d0c1df059f891ffc3fec/docs/evals/apt29/detections/3.B.2_C36B49B5-DF58-4A34-9FE9-56189B9DEFEA.md
 8author: Roberto Rodriguez (Cyb3rWard0g), OTR (Open Threat Research)
 9date: 2020-05-02
10modified: 2021-11-27
11tags:
12    - attack.defense-evasion
13    - attack.privilege-escalation
14    - attack.t1548.002
15logsource:
16    category: process_creation
17    product: windows
18detection:
19    selection:
20        ParentImage|endswith: '\sdclt.exe'
21    condition: selection
22falsepositives:
23    - Unknown
24level: medium

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