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.privilege-escalation
12    - attack.t1548.002
13logsource:
14    category: process_creation
15    product: windows
16detection:
17    selection:
18        ParentImage|endswith: '\consent.exe'
19        Image|endswith: '\werfault.exe'
20        IntegrityLevel:
21            - 'High'
22            - 'System'
23            - 'S-1-16-16384' # System
24            - 'S-1-16-12288' # High
25    condition: selection
26falsepositives:
27    - Unknown
28level: high