ProcessHacker Privilege Elevation — Sigma Rule

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Author: Florian Roth (Nextron Systems). Source status: test; severity: high. Source dates: 2021-05-27 / 2022-12-25.

{
  "product": "windows",
  "service": "system"
}

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Source SHA-256: 9865ed1c26fe02255afc8813eb9c4ae4bacbca8ea72f03344db0a8bc88c85e7d

Detection logic

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title: ProcessHacker Privilege Elevation
id: c4ff1eac-84ad-44dd-a6fb-d56a92fc43a9
status: test
description: Detects a ProcessHacker tool that elevated privileges to a very high level
references:
    - https://twitter.com/1kwpeter/status/1397816101455765504
author: Florian Roth (Nextron Systems)
date: 2021-05-27
modified: 2022-12-25
tags:
    - attack.persistence
    - attack.execution
    - attack.privilege-escalation
    - attack.t1543.003
    - attack.t1569.002
logsource:
    product: windows
    service: system
detection:
    selection:
        Provider_Name: 'Service Control Manager'
        EventID: 7045
        ServiceName|startswith: 'ProcessHacker'
        AccountName: 'LocalSystem'
    condition: selection
falsepositives:
    - Unlikely
level: high

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False positives

• Unlikely

Source references

• https://twitter.com/1kwpeter/status/1397816101455765504