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UAC Bypass Using IDiagnostic Profile - File

Severity
high
Author
Nasreddine Bencherchali (Nextron Systems)
Source
upstream

Detects the creation of a file by "dllhost.exe" in System32 directory part of "IDiagnosticProfileUAC" UAC bypass technique

MITRE ATT&CK coverage

TacticTechniques
Privilege EscalationT1548.002 Abuse Elevation Control Mechanism: Bypass User Account Control
Defense EvasionT1548.002 Abuse Elevation Control Mechanism: Bypass User Account Control

Event coverage

ProviderEvent IDTitle
Sysmon11FileCreate

Stages and Predicates

Stage 1: selection

Image|endswith: '\DllHost.exe'
TargetFilename|endswith: .dll
TargetFilename|startswith: 'C:\Windows\System32\'

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.

FieldKindValues
Imageends_with
  • \DllHost.exe
TargetFilenameends_with
  • .dll corpus 21 (sigma 21)
TargetFilenamestarts_with
  • C:\Windows\System32\ corpus 3 (sigma 3)