UAC Bypass Using Consent and Comctl32 - Process

Title: UAC Bypass Using Consent and Comctl32 - Process
Status: test
Description:Detects the pattern of UAC Bypass using consent.exe and comctl32.dll (UACMe 22)
References:
  -https://github.com/hfiref0x/UACME
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:
    ParentImage|endswith: '\consent.exe'
    Image|endswith: '\werfault.exe'
    IntegrityLevel:
      -'High'
      -'System'
      -'S-1-16-16384'
      -'S-1-16-12288'

  condition:selection
Falsepositives:
  -Unknown
Level: high