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UAC Bypass Using Consent and Comctl32 - File

Detects the pattern of UAC Bypass using consent.exe and comctl32.dll (UACMe 22)

MITRE ATT&CK

defense-evasionprivilege-escalation

Detection Query

selection:
  TargetFilename|startswith: C:\Windows\System32\consent.exe.@
  TargetFilename|endswith: \comctl32.dll
condition: selection

Author

Christian Burkard (Nextron Systems)

Created

2021-08-23

Data Sources

windowsFile Events

Platforms

windows

References

https://github.com/hfiref0x/UACME

Tags

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

Raw Content

title: UAC Bypass Using Consent and Comctl32 - File
id: 62ed5b55-f991-406a-85d9-e8e8fdf18789
status: test
description: Detects the pattern of UAC Bypass using consent.exe and comctl32.dll (UACMe 22)
references:
    - https://github.com/hfiref0x/UACME
author: Christian Burkard (Nextron Systems)
date: 2021-08-23
modified: 2022-10-09
tags:
    - attack.defense-evasion
    - attack.privilege-escalation
    - attack.t1548.002
logsource:
    category: file_event
    product: windows
detection:
    selection:
        TargetFilename|startswith: 'C:\Windows\System32\consent.exe.@'
        TargetFilename|endswith: '\comctl32.dll'
    condition: selection
falsepositives:
    - Unknown
level: high