UAC Bypass Attempt with IEditionUpgradeManager Elevated COM Interface

[rule]
description = """
Identifies attempts to bypass User Account Control (UAC) by abusing an elevated COM interface to launch a rogue Windows
ClipUp program. Attackers may attempt to bypass UAC to stealthily execute code with elevated permissions.
"""
id = "f1008eeb-bc85-4d5e-91ac-e99aaba08ecf"
license = "Elastic License v2"
name = "UAC Bypass Attempt with IEditionUpgradeManager Elevated COM Interface"
os_list = ["windows"]
reference = ["https://github.com/hfiref0x/UACME"]
version = "1.0.31"

query = '''
process where event.action == "start" and
 process.parent.name : "dllhost.exe" and
 process.Ext.token.integrity_level_name == "high" and
 process.parent.command_line : "*BD54C901-076B-434E-B6C7-17C531F4AB41*" and 
 process.executable : ("?:\\*\\System32\\*.exe", "?:\\*\\SysWOW64\\*.exe") and
 not process.executable : ("?:\\Windows\\System32\\*.exe", "?:\\Windows\\SysWOW64\\*.exe") and
 not (process.executable : "?:\\Users\\*\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\*\\dismhost.exe" and
      process.code_signature.subject_name : "Microsoft*" and process.code_signature.trusted == true)
'''

min_endpoint_version = "7.15.0"
[[actions]]
action = "kill_process"
field = "process.entity_id"
state = 0

[[optional_actions]]
action = "rollback"
field = "process.entity_id"
state = 0

[[threat]]
framework = "MITRE ATT&CK"
[[threat.technique]]
id = "T1548"
name = "Abuse Elevation Control Mechanism"
reference = "https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1548/"
[[threat.technique.subtechnique]]
id = "T1548.002"
name = "Bypass User Account Control"
reference = "https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1548/002/"



[threat.tactic]
id = "TA0004"
name = "Privilege Escalation"
reference = "https://attack.mitre.org/tactics/TA0004/"

[internal]
min_endpoint_version = "7.15.0"