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name: UAC bypass via DLL hijack from Windows Media player directory
id: a76ea056-a143-454a-8a7e-bffe22604b51
version: 1.0.0
description: |
Identifies potential User Account Control (UAC) bypass activity through DLL hijacking
involving components loaded from the Windows Media Player installation directory.
Adversaries may leverage trusted Windows Media Player binaries or their associated
dynamic-link libraries to execute arbitrary code with elevated context.
labels:
tactic.id: TA0004
tactic.name: Privilege Escalation
tactic.ref: https://attack.mitre.org/tactics/TA0004/
technique.id: T1548
technique.name: Abuse Elevation Control Mechanism
technique.ref: https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1548/
subtechnique.id: T1548.002
subtechnique.name: Bypass User Account Control
subtechnique.ref: https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1548/002/

condition: >
spawn_process and
ps.token.integrity_level = 'HIGH' and
ps.exe not imatches
(
'?:\\Windows\\System32\\svchost.exe',
'?:\\Program Files\\Windows Media Player\\wmplayer.exe',
'?:\\Program Files (x86)\\Windows Media Player\\wmplayer.exe'
) and
thread.callstack.modules imatches
(
'?:\\Program Files\\Windows Media Player\\*.dll',
'?:\\Program Files (x86)\\Windows Media Player\\*.dll'
)

severity: high

min-engine-version: 3.0.0
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