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UAC Bypass Attempt with IEditionUpgradeManager Elevated COM Interface
editUAC Bypass Attempt with IEditionUpgradeManager Elevated COM Interface
editIdentifies attempts to bypass User Account Control (UAC) by abusing an elevated COM Interface to launch a rogue Windows ClipUp program. Attackers may attempt to bypass UAC to stealthily execute code with elevated permissions.
Rule type: eql
Rule indices:
- winlogbeat-*
- logs-endpoint.events.*
- logs-windows.*
Severity: high
Risk score: 73
Runs every: 5 minutes
Searches indices from: now-9m (Date Math format, see also Additional look-back time
)
Maximum alerts per execution: 100
References:
Tags:
- Elastic
- Host
- Windows
- Threat Detection
- Privilege Escalation
Version: 101 (version history)
Added (Elastic Stack release): 7.11.0
Last modified (Elastic Stack release): 8.5.0
Rule authors: Elastic
Rule license: Elastic License v2
Investigation guide
editRule query
editprocess where event.type == "start" and process.name : "Clipup.exe" and not process.executable : "C:\\Windows\\System32\\ClipUp.exe" and process.parent.name : "dllhost.exe" and /* CLSID of the Elevated COM Interface IEditionUpgradeManager */ process.parent.args : "/Processid:{BD54C901-076B-434E-B6C7-17C531F4AB41}"
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: Abuse Elevation Control Mechanism
- ID: T1548
- Reference URL: https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1548/
Rule version history
edit- Version 101 (8.5.0 release)
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Updated query, changed from:
process where event.type in ("start", "process_started") and process.name : "Clipup.exe" and not process.executable : "C:\\Windows\\System32\\ClipUp.exe" and process.parent.name : "dllhost.exe" and /* CLSID of the Elevated COM Interface IEditionUpgradeManager */ process.parent.args : "/Processid:{BD54C901-076B-434E-B6C7-17C531F4AB41}"
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- Version 7 (8.4.0 release)
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- Formatting only
- Version 5 (8.2.0 release)
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- Formatting only
- Version 4 (7.15.0 release)
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- Formatting only
- Version 3 (7.12.0 release)
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Updated query, changed from:
process where event.type in ("start", "process_started", "info") and process.name == "Clipup.exe" and process.executable != "C:\\Windows\\System32\\ClipUp.exe" and process.parent.name == "dllhost.exe" and /* CLSID of the Elevated COM Interface IEditionUpgradeManager */ wildcard(process.parent.args,"/Processid:{B D54C901-076B-434E-B6C7-17C531F4AB41}")
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- Version 2 (7.11.2 release)
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- Formatting only