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HackTool - UACMe Akagi Execution
Detects the execution of UACMe, a tool used for UAC bypasses, via default PE metadata
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Christian Burkard (Nextron Systems), Florian Roth (Nextron Systems)Created Mon Aug 30Updated Sat Nov 23d38d2fa4-98e6-4a24-aff1-410b0c9ad177windows
Log Source
WindowsProcess Creation
ProductWindows← raw: windows
CategoryProcess Creation← raw: process_creation
Events generated when a new process is spawned on the system. Covers command-line arguments, parent/child relationships, and process metadata.
Detection Logic
Detection Logic3 selectors
detection:
selection_pe:
- Product: 'UACMe'
- Company:
- 'REvol Corp'
- 'APT 92'
- 'UG North'
- 'Hazardous Environments'
- 'CD Project Rekt'
- Description:
- 'UACMe main module'
- 'Pentesting utility'
- OriginalFileName:
- 'Akagi.exe'
- 'Akagi64.exe'
selection_img:
Image|endswith:
- '\Akagi64.exe'
- '\Akagi.exe'
selection_hashes_sysmon:
Hashes|contains:
- 'IMPHASH=767637C23BB42CD5D7397CF58B0BE688'
- 'IMPHASH=14C4E4C72BA075E9069EE67F39188AD8'
- 'IMPHASH=3C782813D4AFCE07BBFC5A9772ACDBDC'
- 'IMPHASH=7D010C6BB6A3726F327F7E239166D127'
- 'IMPHASH=89159BA4DD04E4CE5559F132A9964EB3'
- 'IMPHASH=6F33F4A5FC42B8CEC7314947BD13F30F'
- 'IMPHASH=5834ED4291BDEB928270428EBBAF7604'
- 'IMPHASH=5A8A8A43F25485E7EE1B201EDCBC7A38'
- 'IMPHASH=DC7D30B90B2D8ABF664FBED2B1B59894'
- 'IMPHASH=41923EA1F824FE63EA5BEB84DB7A3E74'
- 'IMPHASH=3DE09703C8E79ED2CA3F01074719906B'
condition: 1 of selection_*False Positives
Unknown
False positive likelihood has not been assessed. Additional context may be needed during triage.
References
MITRE ATT&CK
Rule Metadata
Rule ID
d38d2fa4-98e6-4a24-aff1-410b0c9ad177
Status
test
Level
high
Type
Detection
Created
Mon Aug 30
Modified
Sat Nov 23
Path
rules/windows/process_creation/proc_creation_win_hktl_uacme.yml
Raw Tags
attack.defense-evasionattack.privilege-escalationattack.t1548.002