Detection rules › Sigma
UAC Bypass via Windows Firewall Snap-In Hijack
Detects attempts to bypass User Account Control (UAC) by hijacking the Microsoft Management Console (MMC) Windows Firewall snap-in
MITRE ATT&CK coverage
| Tactic | Techniques |
|---|---|
| Privilege Escalation | T1548 Abuse Elevation Control Mechanism |
| Defense Evasion | T1548 Abuse Elevation Control Mechanism |
Event coverage
| Provider | Event ID | Title |
|---|---|---|
| Sysmon | 1 | Process creation |
Stages and Predicates
Stage 1: selection
ParentCommandLine|contains: WF.msc
ParentImage|endswith: '\mmc.exe'
Stage 2: not filter
Image|endswith: '\WerFault.exe'
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 |
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ParentCommandLine | match |
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ParentImage | ends_with |
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