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HackTool - SharpUp PrivEsc Tool Execution

Detects the use of SharpUp, a tool for local privilege escalation

MITRE ATT&CK

persistencedefense-evasionprivilege-escalationdiscoveryexecution

Detection Query

selection:
  - Image|endswith: \SharpUp.exe
  - Description: SharpUp
  - CommandLine|contains:
      - HijackablePaths
      - UnquotedServicePath
      - ProcessDLLHijack
      - ModifiableServiceBinaries
      - ModifiableScheduledTask
      - DomainGPPPassword
      - CachedGPPPassword
condition: selection

Author

Florian Roth (Nextron Systems)

Created

2022-08-20

Data Sources

windowsProcess Creation Events

Platforms

windows

References

https://github.com/GhostPack/SharpUp

Tags

attack.persistenceattack.defense-evasionattack.privilege-escalationattack.discoveryattack.executionattack.t1615attack.t1569.002attack.t1574.005

Raw Content

title: HackTool - SharpUp PrivEsc Tool Execution
id: c484e533-ee16-4a93-b6ac-f0ea4868b2f1
status: test
description: Detects the use of SharpUp, a tool for local privilege escalation
references:
    - https://github.com/GhostPack/SharpUp
author: Florian Roth (Nextron Systems)
date: 2022-08-20
modified: 2023-02-13
tags:
    - attack.persistence
    - attack.defense-evasion
    - attack.privilege-escalation
    - attack.discovery
    - attack.execution
    - attack.t1615
    - attack.t1569.002
    - attack.t1574.005
logsource:
    category: process_creation
    product: windows
detection:
    selection:
        - Image|endswith: '\SharpUp.exe'
        - Description: 'SharpUp'
        - CommandLine|contains:
              - 'HijackablePaths'
              - 'UnquotedServicePath'
              - 'ProcessDLLHijack'
              - 'ModifiableServiceBinaries'
              - 'ModifiableScheduledTask'
              - 'DomainGPPPassword'
              - 'CachedGPPPassword'
    condition: selection
falsepositives:
    - Unknown
level: critical