UAC Bypass Using Consent and Comctl32 - Process

 1title: UAC Bypass Using Consent and Comctl32 - Process
 2id: 1ca6bd18-0ba0-44ca-851c-92ed89a61085
 3status: test
 4description: Detects the pattern of UAC Bypass using consent.exe and comctl32.dll (UACMe 22)
 5references:
 6    - https://github.com/hfiref0x/UACME
 7author: Christian Burkard (Nextron Systems)
 8date: 2021-08-23
 9modified: 2024-12-01
10tags:
11    - attack.defense-evasion
12    - attack.privilege-escalation
13    - attack.t1548.002
14logsource:
15    category: process_creation
16    product: windows
17detection:
18    selection:
19        ParentImage|endswith: '\consent.exe'
20        Image|endswith: '\werfault.exe'
21        IntegrityLevel:
22            - 'High'
23            - 'System'
24            - 'S-1-16-16384' # System
25            - 'S-1-16-12288' # High
26    condition: selection
27falsepositives:
28    - Unknown
29level: high

References

• GitHub - hfiref0x/UACME: Defeating Windows User Account Control

  

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