Function Call From Undocumented COM Interface EditionUpgradeManager — Sigma Rule

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Author: oscd.community, Dmitry Uchakin. Source status: test; severity: medium. Source dates: 2020-10-07 / 2023-11-30.

{
  "category": "process_access",
  "product": "windows"
}

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Source SHA-256: c172a256bf7c539a5b146cc2e9179c51a9c750b0606b7639fce47fe76d0ba6c4

Detection logic

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title: Function Call From Undocumented COM Interface EditionUpgradeManager
id: fb3722e4-1a06-46b6-b772-253e2e7db933
status: test
description: Detects function calls from the EditionUpgradeManager COM interface. Which is an interface that is not used by standard executables.
references:
    - https://www.snip2code.com/Snippet/4397378/UAC-bypass-using-EditionUpgradeManager-C/
    - https://gist.github.com/hfiref0x/de9c83966623236f5ebf8d9ae2407611
author: oscd.community, Dmitry Uchakin
date: 2020-10-07
modified: 2023-11-30
tags:
    - attack.privilege-escalation
    - attack.t1548.002
logsource:
    category: process_access
    product: windows
detection:
    selection:
        CallTrace|contains: 'editionupgrademanagerobj.dll'
    condition: selection
falsepositives:
    - Unknown
level: medium

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False positives

• Unknown

Source references

• https://www.snip2code.com/Snippet/4397378/UAC-bypass-using-EditionUpgradeManager-C/
• https://gist.github.com/hfiref0x/de9c83966623236f5ebf8d9ae2407611