Potential UAC Bypass Via Sdclt.EXE

Title: Potential UAC Bypass Via Sdclt.EXE
Status: test
Description:A General detection for sdclt being spawned as an elevated process. This could be an indicator of sdclt being used for bypass UAC techniques.
References:
  -https://github.com/OTRF/detection-hackathon-apt29/issues/6
  -https://github.com/OTRF/ThreatHunter-Playbook/blob/2d4257f630f4c9770f78d0c1df059f891ffc3fec/docs/evals/apt29/detections/3.B.2_C36B49B5-DF58-4A34-9FE9-56189B9DEFEA.md
Author: Roberto Rodriguez (Cyb3rWard0g), OTR (Open Threat Research)
Date: 2020-05-02
modified:2024-12-01
Tags:

• -'attack.privilege-escalation'
• -'attack.t1548.002'

Logsource:

• category: process_creation
• product: windows

Detection:
  selection:
    Image|endswith: 'sdclt.exe'
    IntegrityLevel:
      -'High'
      -'S-1-16-12288'

  condition:selection
Falsepositives:
  -Unknown
Level: medium