UAC Bypass via Windows Firewall Snap-In Hijack
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About the rule
Rule Type
Standard
Rule Description
Detects attempts to bypass User Account Control (UAC) by hijacking the Microsoft Management Console (MMC) Windows Firewall snap-in
Severity
Trouble
Rule Requirement
Criteria
Action1: actionname = "Process started" AND (PARENTPROCESSNAME endswith "\mmc.exe" AND PARENTPROCESSCOMMANDLINE contains "WF.msc") AND PROCESSNAME notendswith "\WerFault.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
Tim Rauch, Elastic (idea)
