SharpUp Detection

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About the rule

Rule Type

Standard

Rule Description

Detects the use of SharpUp, a tool that implements functionality from the PowerUp privilege escalation utility in C#

Severity

Critical

Rule Requirement

Criteria

Action1: actionname = "Process started" AND ((PROCESSNAME endswith "SharpUp.exe" AND COMMANDLINE notendswith "SharpUpgrade.exe") OR ORIGINALFILENAME contains "SharpUp") select Action1.HOSTNAME,Action1.MESSAGE,Action1.COMMANDLINE,Action1.FILE_NAME,Action1.PROCESSNAME,Action1.USERNAME,Action1.PARENTPROCESSNAME

Detection

Execution Mode

realtime

Log Sources

Windows