UAC Bypass Abusing Winsat Path Parsing - Process
Detects the pattern of UAC Bypass using a path parsing issue in winsat.exe (UACMe 52)
Detection logic
selection
IntegrityLevel:
- High
- System
- S-1-16-16384
- S-1-16-12288
ParentImage|endswith: \AppData\Local\Temp\system32\winsat.exe
ParentCommandLine|contains: C:\Windows \system32\winsat.exeCondition
selectionRaw YAML
title: UAC Bypass Abusing Winsat Path Parsing - Process
id: 7a01183d-71a2-46ad-ad5c-acd989ac1793
status: test
description: Detects the pattern of UAC Bypass using a path parsing issue in winsat.exe (UACMe 52)
references:
- https://github.com/hfiref0x/UACME
author: Christian Burkard (Nextron Systems)
date: 2021-08-30
modified: 2024-12-01
tags:
- attack.privilege-escalation
- attack.t1548.002
logsource:
category: process_creation
product: windows
detection:
selection:
IntegrityLevel:
- 'High'
- 'System'
- 'S-1-16-16384' # System
- 'S-1-16-12288' # High
ParentImage|endswith: '\AppData\Local\Temp\system32\winsat.exe'
ParentCommandLine|contains: 'C:\Windows \system32\winsat.exe'
condition: selection
falsepositives:
- Unknown
level: highFalse positives
- Unknown