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HackTool - UACMe Akagi Execution

Detects the execution of UACMe, a tool used for UAC bypasses, via default PE metadata

MITRE ATT&CK

defense-evasionprivilege-escalation

Detection Query

selection_pe:
  - Product: UACMe
  - Company:
      - REvol Corp
      - APT 92
      - UG North
      - Hazardous Environments
      - CD Project Rekt
  - Description:
      - UACMe main module
      - Pentesting utility
  - OriginalFileName:
      - Akagi.exe
      - Akagi64.exe
selection_img:
  Image|endswith:
    - \Akagi64.exe
    - \Akagi.exe
selection_hashes_sysmon:
  Hashes|contains:
    - IMPHASH=767637C23BB42CD5D7397CF58B0BE688
    - IMPHASH=14C4E4C72BA075E9069EE67F39188AD8
    - IMPHASH=3C782813D4AFCE07BBFC5A9772ACDBDC
    - IMPHASH=7D010C6BB6A3726F327F7E239166D127
    - IMPHASH=89159BA4DD04E4CE5559F132A9964EB3
    - IMPHASH=6F33F4A5FC42B8CEC7314947BD13F30F
    - IMPHASH=5834ED4291BDEB928270428EBBAF7604
    - IMPHASH=5A8A8A43F25485E7EE1B201EDCBC7A38
    - IMPHASH=DC7D30B90B2D8ABF664FBED2B1B59894
    - IMPHASH=41923EA1F824FE63EA5BEB84DB7A3E74
    - IMPHASH=3DE09703C8E79ED2CA3F01074719906B
condition: 1 of selection_*

Author

Christian Burkard (Nextron Systems), Florian Roth (Nextron Systems)

Created

2021-08-30

Data Sources

windowsProcess Creation Events

Platforms

windows

References

https://github.com/hfiref0x/UACME

Tags

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

Raw Content

title: HackTool - UACMe Akagi Execution
id: d38d2fa4-98e6-4a24-aff1-410b0c9ad177
status: test
description: Detects the execution of UACMe, a tool used for UAC bypasses, via default PE metadata
references:
    - https://github.com/hfiref0x/UACME
author: Christian Burkard (Nextron Systems), Florian Roth (Nextron Systems)
date: 2021-08-30
modified: 2024-11-23
tags:
    - attack.defense-evasion
    - attack.privilege-escalation
    - attack.t1548.002
logsource:
    category: process_creation
    product: windows
detection:
    selection_pe:
        - Product: 'UACMe'
        - Company:
              - 'REvol Corp'
              - 'APT 92'
              - 'UG North'
              - 'Hazardous Environments'
              - 'CD Project Rekt'
        - Description:
              - 'UACMe main module'
              - 'Pentesting utility'
        - OriginalFileName:
              - 'Akagi.exe'
              - 'Akagi64.exe'
    selection_img:
        Image|endswith:
            - '\Akagi64.exe'
            - '\Akagi.exe'
    selection_hashes_sysmon:
        Hashes|contains:
            - 'IMPHASH=767637C23BB42CD5D7397CF58B0BE688'
            - 'IMPHASH=14C4E4C72BA075E9069EE67F39188AD8'
            - 'IMPHASH=3C782813D4AFCE07BBFC5A9772ACDBDC'
            - 'IMPHASH=7D010C6BB6A3726F327F7E239166D127'
            - 'IMPHASH=89159BA4DD04E4CE5559F132A9964EB3'
            - 'IMPHASH=6F33F4A5FC42B8CEC7314947BD13F30F'
            - 'IMPHASH=5834ED4291BDEB928270428EBBAF7604'
            - 'IMPHASH=5A8A8A43F25485E7EE1B201EDCBC7A38'
            - 'IMPHASH=DC7D30B90B2D8ABF664FBED2B1B59894'
            - 'IMPHASH=41923EA1F824FE63EA5BEB84DB7A3E74'
            - 'IMPHASH=3DE09703C8E79ED2CA3F01074719906B'
    condition: 1 of selection_*
falsepositives:
    - Unknown
level: high