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name: Fake system root directory creation
id: c70c41e2-fd43-466d-9cb6-20b259380960
version: 1.0.0
description: |
Detects attempts to create a fake or malformed Windows system root
directory by a unprivileged process, which may indicate exploitation
of path confusion vulnerabilities for privilege escalation.
labels:
tactic.id: TA0004
tactic.name: Privilege Escalation
tactic.ref: https://attack.mitre.org/tactics/TA0004/
technique.id: T1068
technique.name: Exploitation for Privilege Escalation
technique.ref: https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1068/
references:
- https://github.com/hfiref0x/UACME

condition: >
create_file and
ps.sid != 'S-1-5-18' and file.path imatches
(
'?:\\Windows ',
'?:\\ Windows*'
)
action:
- name: kill

severity: high

min-engine-version: 3.0.0