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Potential Privilege Escalation Attempt Via .Exe.Local Technique
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Potential Privilege Escalation Attempt Via .Exe.Local Technique
Using Splunk · Default · sigma-cli 2.0.2
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BackendSplunkFormatDefaultVersion2.0.2
title: Potential Privilege Escalation Attempt Via .Exe.Local Technique
id: 07a99744-56ac-40d2-97b7-2095967b0e03
status: test
description: Detects potential privilege escalation attempt via the creation of the "*.Exe.Local" folder inside the "System32" directory in order to sideload "comctl32.dll"
references:
- https://github.com/binderlabs/DirCreate2System
- https://github.com/sailay1996/awesome_windows_logical_bugs/blob/60cbb23a801f4c3195deac1cc46df27c225c3d07/dir_create2system.txt
author: Nasreddine Bencherchali (Nextron Systems), Subhash P (@pbssubhash)
date: 2022-12-16
modified: 2022-12-19
tags:
- attack.defense-evasion
- attack.persistence
- attack.privilege-escalation
logsource:
category: file_event
product: windows
detection:
selection:
TargetFilename|startswith:
- 'C:\Windows\System32\logonUI.exe.local'
- 'C:\Windows\System32\werFault.exe.local'
- 'C:\Windows\System32\consent.exe.local'
- 'C:\Windows\System32\narrator.exe.local'
- 'C:\Windows\System32\wermgr.exe.local'
TargetFilename|endswith: '\comctl32.dll'
condition: selection
falsepositives:
- Unknown
level: high
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sigma convert --without-pipeline -t splunk -f default rules/windows/file/file_event/file_event_win_system32_local_folder_privilege_escalation.yml