UAC Bypass Abusing Winsat Path Parsing - Process
Detects the pattern of UAC Bypass using a path parsing issue in winsat.exe (UACMe 52)
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1title: UAC Bypass Abusing Winsat Path Parsing - Process
2id: 7a01183d-71a2-46ad-ad5c-acd989ac1793
3status: test
4description: Detects the pattern of UAC Bypass using a path parsing issue in winsat.exe (UACMe 52)
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 selection:
19 IntegrityLevel:
20 - 'High'
21 - 'System'
22 ParentImage|endswith: '\AppData\Local\Temp\system32\winsat.exe'
23 ParentCommandLine|contains: 'C:\Windows \system32\winsat.exe'
24 condition: selection
25falsepositives:
26 - Unknown
27level: high
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