UAC Bypass Attempt with IEditionUpgradeManager Elevated COM Interface
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.
Query · eql
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)