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UAC Bypass Using ChangePK and SLUI
Detects an UAC bypass that uses changepk.exe and slui.exe (UACMe 61)
MITRE ATT&CK coverage
| Tactic | Techniques |
|---|---|
| Privilege Escalation | T1548.002 Abuse Elevation Control Mechanism: Bypass User Account Control |
Event coverage
| Provider | Event | Title |
|---|---|---|
| Sysmon | Event ID 1 | Process creation |
| Security-Auditing | Event ID 4688 | A new process has been created. |
Rule body yaml
title: UAC Bypass Using ChangePK and SLUI
id: 503d581c-7df0-4bbe-b9be-5840c0ecc1fc
status: test
description: Detects an UAC bypass that uses changepk.exe and slui.exe (UACMe 61)
references:
- https://mattharr0ey.medium.com/privilege-escalation-uac-bypass-in-changepk-c40b92818d1b
- https://github.com/hfiref0x/UACME
- https://medium.com/falconforce/falconfriday-detecting-uac-bypasses-0xff16-86c2a9107abf
author: Christian Burkard (Nextron Systems)
date: 2021-08-23
modified: 2024-12-01
tags:
- attack.privilege-escalation
- attack.t1548.002
logsource:
category: process_creation
product: windows
detection:
selection:
Image|endswith: '\changepk.exe'
ParentImage|endswith: '\slui.exe'
IntegrityLevel:
- 'High'
- 'System'
- 'S-1-16-16384' # System
- 'S-1-16-12288' # High
condition: selection
falsepositives:
- Unknown
level: high
Stages and Predicates
Stage 0: condition
selectionStage 1: selection
selection:
Image|endswith: '\changepk.exe'
ParentImage|endswith: '\slui.exe'
IntegrityLevel:
- 'High'
- 'System'
- 'S-1-16-16384'
- 'S-1-16-12288'
Indicators
Each row is a field, operator, and value that the rule matches. The corpus column counts how many other rules in the catalog look for the same combination: high numbers point to widely-used, community-vetted indicators. Blank or 1 shows that the indicator is specific to this rule.
| Field | Kind | Values |
|---|---|---|
Image | ends_with |
|
IntegrityLevel | eq |
|
ParentImage | ends_with |
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