Potential Fodhelper UAC Bypass (ASIM Version)

imRegistry
  | where EventType in ("RegistryValueSet", "RegistryKeyCreated")
  | where RegistryKey has "Software\\Classes\\ms-settings\\shell\\open\\command"
  | extend TimeKey = bin(TimeGenerated, 1h)
  | join (imProcess
  | where Process endswith "fodhelper.exe"
  | where ParentProcessName endswith "cmd.exe" or ParentProcessName endswith "powershell.exe" or ParentProcessName endswith "powershell_ise.exe"
  | extend TimeKey = bin(TimeGenerated, 1h)) on TimeKey, Dvc

queryFrequency: 2h
metadata:
  author:
    name: Pete Bryan
  source:
    kind: Community
  categories:
    domains:
    - Security - Others
  support:
    tier: Community
triggerOperator: gt
tactics:
- PrivilegeEscalation
description: |
    'This detection looks for the steps required to conduct a UAC bypass using Fodhelper.exe. By default this detection looks for the setting of the required registry keys and the invoking of the process within 1 hour - this can be tweaked as required.'
relevantTechniques:
- T1548.002
query: |
  imRegistry
    | where EventType in ("RegistryValueSet", "RegistryKeyCreated")
    | where RegistryKey has "Software\\Classes\\ms-settings\\shell\\open\\command"
    | extend TimeKey = bin(TimeGenerated, 1h)
    | join (imProcess
    | where Process endswith "fodhelper.exe"
    | where ParentProcessName endswith "cmd.exe" or ParentProcessName endswith "powershell.exe" or ParentProcessName endswith "powershell_ise.exe"
    | extend TimeKey = bin(TimeGenerated, 1h)) on TimeKey, Dvc  
OriginalUri: https://github.com/Azure/Azure-Sentinel/blob/master/Detections/MultipleDataSources/PotentialFodhelperUACBypass(ASIMVersion).yaml
severity: Medium
triggerThreshold: 0
version: 1.0.5
entityMappings:
- entityType: Host
  fieldMappings:
  - identifier: FullName
    columnName: DvcHostname
- entityType: IP
  fieldMappings:
  - identifier: Address
    columnName: DvcIpAddr
- entityType: Account
  fieldMappings:
  - identifier: FullName
    columnName: ActorUsername
name: Potential Fodhelper UAC Bypass (ASIM Version)
id: ac9e233e-44d4-45eb-b522-6e47445f6582
requiredDataConnectors: []
kind: Scheduled
queryPeriod: 2h

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      "apiVersion": "2022-11-01",
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        "severity": "Medium",
        "enabled": true,
        "query": "imRegistry\n  | where EventType in (\"RegistryValueSet\", \"RegistryKeyCreated\")\n  | where RegistryKey has \"Software\\\\Classes\\\\ms-settings\\\\shell\\\\open\\\\command\"\n  | extend TimeKey = bin(TimeGenerated, 1h)\n  | join (imProcess\n  | where Process endswith \"fodhelper.exe\"\n  | where ParentProcessName endswith \"cmd.exe\" or ParentProcessName endswith \"powershell.exe\" or ParentProcessName endswith \"powershell_ise.exe\"\n  | extend TimeKey = bin(TimeGenerated, 1h)) on TimeKey, Dvc\n",
        "queryFrequency": "PT2H",
        "queryPeriod": "PT2H",
        "triggerOperator": "GreaterThan",
        "triggerThreshold": 0,
        "suppressionDuration": "PT1H",
        "suppressionEnabled": false,
        "tactics": [
          "PrivilegeEscalation"
        ],
        "techniques": [
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        ],
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              }
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          },
          {
            "entityType": "IP",
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              {
                "identifier": "Address",
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              }
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          },
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}