UAC Bypass Using ChangePK and SLUI
Detects an UAC bypass that uses changepk.exe and slui.exe (UACMe 61)
Detection logic
selection
Image|endswith: \changepk.exe
ParentImage|endswith: \slui.exe
IntegrityLevel:
- High
- System
- S-1-16-16384
- S-1-16-12288Condition
selectionRaw YAML
title: UAC Bypass Using ChangePK and SLUI
id: 503d581c-7df0-4bbe-b9be-5840c0ecc1fc
status: test
description: Detects an UAC bypass that uses changepk.exe and slui.exe (UACMe 61)
references:
- https://mattharr0ey.medium.com/privilege-escalation-uac-bypass-in-changepk-c40b92818d1b
- https://github.com/hfiref0x/UACME
- https://medium.com/falconforce/falconfriday-detecting-uac-bypasses-0xff16-86c2a9107abf
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:
Image|endswith: '\changepk.exe'
ParentImage|endswith: '\slui.exe'
IntegrityLevel:
- 'High'
- 'System'
- 'S-1-16-16384' # System
- 'S-1-16-12288' # High
condition: selection
falsepositives:
- Unknown
level: highFalse positives
- Unknown