Bypass UAC Using Event Viewer
Bypasses User Account Control using Event Viewer and a relevant Windows Registry modification
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1title: Bypass UAC Using Event Viewer
2id: 674202d0-b22a-4af4-ae5f-2eda1f3da1af
3status: test
4description: Bypasses User Account Control using Event Viewer and a relevant Windows Registry modification
5references:
6 - https://enigma0x3.net/2016/08/15/fileless-uac-bypass-using-eventvwr-exe-and-registry-hijacking/
7 - https://github.com/redcanaryco/atomic-red-team/blob/f339e7da7d05f6057fdfcdd3742bfcf365fee2a9/atomics/T1548.002/T1548.002.md#atomic-test-1---bypass-uac-using-event-viewer-cmd
8author: frack113
9date: 2022-01-05
10modified: 2023-08-17
11tags:
12 - attack.privilege-escalation
13 - attack.persistence
14 - attack.t1547.010
15logsource:
16 category: registry_set
17 product: windows
18detection:
19 selection:
20 TargetObject|endswith: '_Classes\mscfile\shell\open\command\(Default)'
21 filter:
22 Details|startswith: '%SystemRoot%\system32\mmc.exe "%1" %'
23 condition: selection and not filter
24falsepositives:
25 - Unknown
26level: high
27regression_tests_path: regression_data/rules/windows/registry/registry_set/registry_set_bypass_uac_using_eventviewer/info.yml
28simulation:
29 - type: atomic-red-team
30 name: Bypass UAC using Event Viewer (cmd)
31 technique: T1548.002
32 atomic_guid: 5073adf8-9a50-4bd9-b298-a9bd2ead8af9
References
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After digging into Windows 10 and discovering a rather interesting method for bypassing user account control, I decided to spend a little more time investigating other potential techniques for gett…
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Small and highly portable detection tests based on MITRE's ATT&CK. - redcanaryco/atomic-red-team
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