UAC Bypass Using NTFS Reparse Point - Process
Detects the pattern of UAC Bypass using NTFS reparse point and wusa.exe DLL hijacking (UACMe 36)
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1title: UAC Bypass Using NTFS Reparse Point - Process
2id: 39ed3c80-e6a1-431b-9df3-911ac53d08a7
3status: test
4description: Detects the pattern of UAC Bypass using NTFS reparse point and wusa.exe DLL hijacking (UACMe 36)
5references:
6 - https://github.com/hfiref0x/UACME
7author: Christian Burkard (Nextron Systems)
8date: 2021-08-30
9modified: 2022-10-09
10tags:
11 - attack.defense-evasion
12 - attack.privilege-escalation
13 - attack.t1548.002
14logsource:
15 category: process_creation
16 product: windows
17detection:
18 selection1:
19 CommandLine|startswith: '"C:\Windows\system32\wusa.exe" /quiet C:\Users\'
20 CommandLine|endswith: '\AppData\Local\Temp\update.msu'
21 IntegrityLevel:
22 - 'High'
23 - 'System'
24 selection2:
25 ParentCommandLine: '"C:\Windows\system32\dism.exe" /online /quiet /norestart /add-package /packagepath:"C:\Windows\system32\pe386" /ignorecheck'
26 IntegrityLevel:
27 - 'High'
28 - 'System'
29 CommandLine|contains|all:
30 - 'C:\Users\'
31 - '\AppData\Local\Temp\'
32 - '\dismhost.exe {'
33 Image|endswith: '\DismHost.exe'
34 condition: 1 of selection*
35falsepositives:
36 - Unknown
37level: high
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