UAC Disabled
Detects when an attacker tries to disable User Account Control (UAC) by setting the registry value "EnableLUA" to 0.
Detection logic
selection
TargetObject|contains: \Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System\EnableLUA
Details: DWORD (0x00000000)Condition
selectionRaw YAML
title: UAC Disabled
id: 48437c39-9e5f-47fb-af95-3d663c3f2919
related:
- id: c5f6a85d-b647-40f7-bbad-c10b66bab038
type: similar
- id: 0d7ceeef-3539-4392-8953-3dc664912714
type: similar
status: stable
description: |
Detects when an attacker tries to disable User Account Control (UAC) by setting the registry value "EnableLUA" to 0.
references:
- https://github.com/redcanaryco/atomic-red-team/blob/7e11e9b79583545f208a6dc3fa062f2ed443d999/atomics/T1548.002/T1548.002.md
author: frack113
date: 2022-01-05
modified: 2024-05-10
tags:
- attack.privilege-escalation
- attack.t1548.002
logsource:
category: registry_set
product: windows
detection:
selection:
TargetObject|contains: '\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System\EnableLUA'
Details: 'DWORD (0x00000000)'
condition: selection
falsepositives:
- Unknown
level: mediumFalse positives
- Unknown