UAC Bypass via Event Viewer

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About the rule

Rule Type

Standard

Rule Description

Detects UAC bypass method using Windows event viewer

Severity

Trouble

Rule Requirement

Criteria

Action1: actionname = "Registry value modified" AND OBJECTNAME endswith "\mscfile\shell\open\command" OR (OBJECTNAME endswith "\mscfile\shell\open" AND OBJECTVALUENAME = "command") select Action1.HOSTNAME,Action1.MESSAGE,Action1.OBJECTNAME,Action1.PROCESSNAME,Action1.PREVVAL,Action1.CHANGES

Detection

Execution Mode

realtime

Log Sources

Windows

Author

Florian Roth (Nextron Systems)