UAC Bypass Using Consent and Comctl32 - Process
Detects the pattern of UAC Bypass using consent.exe and comctl32.dll (UACMe 22)
Detection logic
selection
ParentImage|endswith: \consent.exe
Image|endswith: \werfault.exe
IntegrityLevel:
- High
- System
- S-1-16-16384
- S-1-16-12288Condition
selectionRaw YAML
title: UAC Bypass Using Consent and Comctl32 - Process
id: 1ca6bd18-0ba0-44ca-851c-92ed89a61085
status: test
description: Detects the pattern of UAC Bypass using consent.exe and comctl32.dll (UACMe 22)
references:
- https://github.com/hfiref0x/UACME
author: Christian Burkard (Nextron Systems)
date: 2021-08-23
modified: 2024-12-01
tags:
- attack.privilege-escalation
- attack.t1548.002
logsource:
category: process_creation
product: windows
detection:
selection:
ParentImage|endswith: '\consent.exe'
Image|endswith: '\werfault.exe'
IntegrityLevel:
- 'High'
- 'System'
- 'S-1-16-16384' # System
- 'S-1-16-12288' # High
condition: selection
falsepositives:
- Unknown
level: highFalse positives
- Unknown