Potential CVE-2021-41379 Exploitation Attempt
Detects potential exploitation attempts of CVE-2021-41379 (InstallerFileTakeOver), a local privilege escalation (LPE) vulnerability where the attacker spawns a "cmd.exe" process as a child of Microsoft Edge elevation service "elevation_service" with "LOCAL_SYSTEM" rights
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Developed to detect an active or emerging threat. Prioritize investigation of any alerts and correlate with threat intelligence.
Events generated when a new process is spawned on the system. Covers command-line arguments, parent/child relationships, and process metadata.
detection:
selection_img:
- Image|endswith:
- '\cmd.exe'
- '\powershell.exe'
- '\pwsh.exe'
- OriginalFileName:
- 'Cmd.Exe'
- 'PowerShell.EXE'
- 'pwsh.dll'
selection_parent:
ParentImage|endswith: '\elevation_service.exe'
IntegrityLevel:
- 'System'
- 'S-1-16-16384' # System
condition: all of selection_*False positive likelihood has not been assessed. Additional context may be needed during triage.
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