Uac-Bypass

Detects attempts to bypass User Account Control (UAC) by masquerading as a trusted Microsoft Windows directory, abusing a trailing-space in the path to execute code with elevated privileges.

Detects User Account Control (UAC) bypass attempts using eventvwr.exe to execute code with elevated permissions by identifying child processes of eventvwr.exe, excluding mmc.exe and WerFault.exe, which may indicate unauthorized privilege escalation.

Detects User Account Control (UAC) bypass attempts via the ICMLuaUtil Elevated COM interface, where attackers may attempt to stealthily execute code with elevated permissions, potentially leading to privilege escalation.

Attackers bypass User Account Control (UAC) by hijacking the Microsoft Management Console (MMC) Windows Firewall snap-in to execute code with elevated permissions, potentially leading to system compromise.

Detection of fodhelper.exe execution, which is known to exploit User Account Control (UAC) bypass by leveraging specific registry keys, potentially leading to privilege escalation.

Attackers bypass User Account Control (UAC) to stealthily execute code with elevated permissions by hijacking the DiskCleanup Scheduled Task, leveraging specific arguments with non-standard executables.

The ComputerDefaults.exe process, used for managing default application associations in Windows, can be exploited by attackers to bypass User Account Control (UAC) and execute unauthorized code with elevated privileges, which is detected by monitoring abnormal parent-child process relationships.

This threat brief details a UAC bypass technique leveraging the Internet Explorer Add-On Installer (ieinstal.exe) and Component Object Model (COM) to execute arbitrary code with elevated privileges.

Attackers attempt to bypass User Account Control (UAC) to stealthily execute code with elevated permissions by abusing the ICMLuaUtil Elevated COM interface, spawning processes from dllhost.exe with specific arguments.