Bypass UAC Using Event Viewer

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About the rule

Rule Type

Standard

Rule Description

Bypasses User Account Control using Event Viewer and a relevant Windows Registry modification

Severity

Trouble

Rule Requirement

Criteria

Action1: actionname = "Registry value modified" AND (OBJECTNAME endswith "_Classes\mscfile\shell\open\command\(Default)" OR (OBJECTNAME endswith "_Classes\mscfile\shell\open\command" AND OBJECTVALUENAME = "(Default)")) AND INFORMATION notstartswith "%SystemRoot%\system32\mmc.exe "%1" %" select Action1.HOSTNAME,Action1.MESSAGE,Action1.OBJECTNAME,Action1.PROCESSNAME,Action1.PREVVAL,Action1.CHANGES

Detection

Execution Mode

realtime

Log Sources

Windows

Author

frack113