UAC Bypass Abusing Winsat Path Parsing - Registry

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About the rule

Rule Type

Standard

Rule Description

Detects the pattern of UAC Bypass using a path parsing issue in winsat.exe (UACMe 52)

Severity

Trouble

Rule Requirement

Criteria

Action1: actionname = "Registry value modified" AND (OBJECTNAME contains "\Root\InventoryApplicationFile\winsat.exe|" OR (OBJECTNAME endswith "\Root\InventoryApplicationFile" AND OBJECTVALUENAME startswith "winsat.exe|")) AND OBJECTNAME endswith "\LowerCaseLongPath" AND INFORMATION startswith "c:\users" AND INFORMATION endswith "\appdata\local\temp\system32\winsat.exe" select Action1.HOSTNAME,Action1.MESSAGE,Action1.OBJECTNAME,Action1.PROCESSNAME,Action1.PREVVAL,Action1.CHANGES

Detection

Execution Mode

realtime

Log Sources

Windows

Author

Christian Burkard (Nextron Systems)