
title: Load Undocumented Autoelevated COM Interface
author: oscd.community, Dmitry Uchakin
date: 2020/10/07
description: COM interface (EditionUpgradeManager) that is not used by standard executables.
detection:
  SELECTION_1:
    EventID: 10
  SELECTION_2:
    CallTrace: '*editionupgrademanagerobj.dll*'
  condition: (SELECTION_1 and SELECTION_2)
falsepositives:
- unknown
fields:
- ComputerName
- User
- SourceImage
- TargetImage
- CallTrace
id: fb3722e4-1a06-46b6-b772-253e2e7db933
level: high
logsource:
  category: process_access
  product: windows
references:
- https://www.snip2code.com/Snippet/4397378/UAC-bypass-using-EditionUpgradeManager-C/
- https://gist.github.com/hfiref0x/de9c83966623236f5ebf8d9ae2407611
status: experimental
tags:
- attack.defense_evasion
- attack.privilege_escalation
- attack.t1548.002
ruletype: SIGMA
