Bypass UAC via Fodhelper.exe

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About the rule

Rule Type

Standard

Rule Description

Identifies use of Fodhelper.exe to bypass User Account Control. Adversaries use this technique to execute privileged processes.

Severity

Trouble

Rule Requirement

Criteria

Action1: actionname = "Process started" AND PARENTPROCESSNAME endswith "\fodhelper.exe" select Action1.HOSTNAME,Action1.MESSAGE,Action1.COMMANDLINE,Action1.FILE_NAME,Action1.PROCESSNAME,Action1.USERNAME,Action1.PARENTPROCESSNAME

Detection

Execution Mode

realtime

Log Sources

Windows

Author

E.M. Anhaus (originally from Atomic Blue Detections, Tony Lambert), oscd.community