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Bypass UAC Using Event Viewer

Severity
high
Author
frack113
Source
upstream

Bypasses User Account Control using Event Viewer and a relevant Windows Registry modification

MITRE ATT&CK coverage

TacticTechniques
PersistenceT1547.010 Boot or Logon Autostart Execution: Port Monitors
Privilege EscalationT1547.010 Boot or Logon Autostart Execution: Port Monitors

Event coverage

ProviderEvent IDTitle
Sysmon13RegistryEvent (Value Set)

Stages and Predicates

Stage 1: selection

TargetObject|endswith: '_Classes\mscfile\shell\open\command\(Default)'

Stage 2: not filter

Details|startswith: '%SystemRoot%\system32\mmc.exe "%1" %'

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
Detailsstarts_with
  • %SystemRoot%\system32\mmc.exe "%1" %
TargetObjectends_with
  • _Classes\mscfile\shell\open\command\(Default)