UAC Disabled

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About the rule

Rule Type

Standard

Rule Description

Detects when an attacker tries to disable User Account Control (UAC) by setting the registry value "EnableLUA" to 0.

Severity

Trouble

Rule Requirement

Criteria

Action1: actionname = "Registry value modified" AND (OBJECTNAME contains "\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System\EnableLUA" OR (OBJECTNAME endswith "\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System" AND OBJECTVALUENAME startswith "EnableLUA")) AND (INFORMATION = "DWORD (0x00000000)" OR (CHANGES = 0 AND NEWTYPE = "REG_DWORD")) select Action1.HOSTNAME,Action1.MESSAGE,Action1.OBJECTNAME,Action1.PROCESSNAME,Action1.PREVVAL,Action1.CHANGES

Detection

Execution Mode

realtime

Log Sources

Windows

Author

frack113