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Bypass UAC via Event Viewer
editBypass UAC via Event Viewer
editIdentifies User Account Control (UAC) bypass via eventvwr.exe. Attackers
bypass UAC to stealthily execute code with elevated permissions.
Rule type: query
Rule indices:
- winlogbeat-*
- logs-endpoint.events.*
Severity: low
Risk score: 21
Runs every: 5 minutes
Searches indices from: now-9m (Date Math format, see also Additional look-back time)
Maximum alerts per execution: 100
Tags:
- Elastic
- Windows
Version: 3 (version history)
Added (Elastic Stack release): 7.7.0
Last modified (Elastic Stack release): 7.9.1
Rule authors: Elastic
Rule license: Elastic License
Rule query
editevent.category:process and event.type:(start or process_started) and
process.parent.name:eventvwr.exe and not
process.executable:("C:\Windows\SysWOW64\mmc.exe" or
"C:\Windows\System32\mmc.exe")
Threat mapping
editFramework: MITRE ATT&CKTM
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Tactic:
- Name: Privilege Escalation
- ID: TA0004
- Reference URL: https://attack.mitre.org/tactics/TA0004/
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Technique:
- Name: Bypass User Account Control
- ID: T1088
- Reference URL: https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1088/
Rule version history
edit- Version 3 (7.9.1 release)
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- Formatting only
- Version 2 (7.9.0 release)
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Updated query, changed from:
process.parent.name:eventvwr.exe and event.action:"Process Create (rule: ProcessCreate)" and not process.executable:("C:\Windows\SysWOW64\mmc.exe" or "C:\Windows\System32\mmc.exe")
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