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ProcessHacker Privilege Elevation

Detects a ProcessHacker tool that elevated privileges to a very high level

MITRE ATT&CK

persistenceexecutionprivilege-escalation

Detection Query

selection:
  Provider_Name: Service Control Manager
  EventID: 7045
  ServiceName|startswith: ProcessHacker
  AccountName: LocalSystem
condition: selection

Author

Florian Roth (Nextron Systems)

Created

2021-05-27

Data Sources

windowssystem

Platforms

windows

References

https://twitter.com/1kwpeter/status/1397816101455765504

Tags

attack.persistenceattack.executionattack.privilege-escalationattack.t1543.003attack.t1569.002

Raw Content

title: ProcessHacker Privilege Elevation
id: c4ff1eac-84ad-44dd-a6fb-d56a92fc43a9
status: test
description: Detects a ProcessHacker tool that elevated privileges to a very high level
references:
    - https://twitter.com/1kwpeter/status/1397816101455765504
author: Florian Roth (Nextron Systems)
date: 2021-05-27
modified: 2022-12-25
tags:
    - attack.persistence
    - attack.execution
    - attack.privilege-escalation
    - attack.t1543.003
    - attack.t1569.002
logsource:
    product: windows
    service: system
detection:
    selection:
        Provider_Name: 'Service Control Manager'
        EventID: 7045
        ServiceName|startswith: 'ProcessHacker'
        AccountName: 'LocalSystem'
    condition: selection
falsepositives:
    - Unlikely
level: high