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UAC Bypass Using IDiagnostic Profile

Detects the "IDiagnosticProfileUAC" UAC bypass technique

MITRE ATT&CK

executiondefense-evasionprivilege-escalation

Detection Query

selection:
  ParentImage|endswith: \DllHost.exe
  ParentCommandLine|contains: " /Processid:{12C21EA7-2EB8-4B55-9249-AC243DA8C666}"
  IntegrityLevel:
    - High
    - System
    - S-1-16-16384
    - S-1-16-12288
condition: selection

Author

Nasreddine Bencherchali (Nextron Systems)

Created

2022-07-03

Data Sources

windowsProcess Creation Events

Platforms

windows

References

https://github.com/Wh04m1001/IDiagnosticProfileUAC

Tags

attack.executionattack.defense-evasionattack.privilege-escalationattack.t1548.002

Raw Content

title: UAC Bypass Using IDiagnostic Profile
id: 4cbef972-f347-4170-b62a-8253f6168e6d
status: test
description: Detects the "IDiagnosticProfileUAC" UAC bypass technique
references:
    - https://github.com/Wh04m1001/IDiagnosticProfileUAC
author: Nasreddine Bencherchali (Nextron Systems)
date: 2022-07-03
modified: 2024-12-01
tags:
    - attack.execution
    - attack.defense-evasion
    - attack.privilege-escalation
    - attack.t1548.002
logsource:
    category: process_creation
    product: windows
detection:
    selection:
        ParentImage|endswith: '\DllHost.exe'
        ParentCommandLine|contains: ' /Processid:{12C21EA7-2EB8-4B55-9249-AC243DA8C666}'
        IntegrityLevel:
            - 'High'
            - 'System'
            - 'S-1-16-16384' # System
            - 'S-1-16-12288' # High
    condition: selection
falsepositives:
    - Unknown
level: high