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CVE-2025-32706 Mapped Partial Sigma

Microsoft Windows Common Log File System (CLFS) Driver Heap-Based Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

Vendor / product
Microsoft — Windows
Description (CISA)
Microsoft Windows Common Log File System (CLFS) Driver contains a heap-based buffer overflow vulnerability that allows an authorized attacker to elevate privileges locally.
Added to KEV
2025-05-13
Due date
2025-06-03
Required action
Apply mitigations per vendor instructions, follow applicable BOD 22-01 guidance for cloud services, or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.
Known ransomware use
Unknown
CWE
CWE-122
CISA notes
https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/en-US/vulnerability/CVE-2025-32706
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-32706
Elsewhere
cve.org · NVD · CISA KEV · JSON

ATT&CK techniques · CTID Mappings Explorer, ATT&CK 16.1, KEV snapshot 2025-07-28

5 mapping objects across 5 techniques. exploitation technique states how the vulnerability is exploited; primary and secondary impact state what exploitation achieves. They are different claims and are labelled as such.

TechniqueMapping typeCTID commentStatus in v19.2
T1059 Command and Scripting Interpreter exploitation technique Attackers have exploited this heap-based buffer overflow vulnerability to escalate their privileges to SYSTEM-level, allowing them to execute arbitrary code, disable security tools, deploy malicious payloads, and extract credentials from memory.
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T1068 Exploitation for Privilege Escalation exploitation technique Attackers have exploited this heap-based buffer overflow vulnerability to escalate their privileges to SYSTEM-level, allowing them to execute arbitrary code, disable security tools, deploy malicious payloads, and extract credentials from memory.
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T1003.001 LSASS Memory primary impact Attackers have exploited this heap-based buffer overflow vulnerability to escalate their privileges to SYSTEM-level, allowing them to execute arbitrary code, disable security tools, deploy malicious payloads, and extract credentials from memory.
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T1543 Create or Modify System Process primary impact Attackers have exploited this heap-based buffer overflow vulnerability to escalate their privileges to SYSTEM-level, allowing them to execute arbitrary code, disable security tools, deploy malicious payloads, and extract credentials from memory.
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T1608.001 Upload Malware primary impact Attackers have exploited this heap-based buffer overflow vulnerability to escalate their privileges to SYSTEM-level, allowing them to execute arbitrary code, disable security tools, deploy malicious payloads, and extract credentials from memory.
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Detection chain · ATT&CK Enterprise v19.2 detection strategies, analytics, log sources

T1003.001 LSASS Memory primary impact

Sigma rules tagged attack.t1003.001 (79)

Author: Florian Roth (Nextron Systems) · 2019-02-21 (modified 2023-03-10) · logsource: product=windows category=process_creation · 03e2746e-2b31-42f1-ab7a-eb39365b2422
Detects APT31 Judgement Panda activity as described in the Crowdstrike 2019 Global Threat Report
Techniques: T1003.001T1560.001
Author: The DFIR Report, IrishDeath · 2025-05-19 · logsource: product=windows category=file_event · 03f4ca17-de95-428d-a75a-4ee78b047256
Detects file creation events with filename patterns used by Impacket.
Techniques: T1003.001
Mimikatz Use hightest
Author: Florian Roth (Nextron Systems), David ANDRE (additional keywords) · 2017-01-10 (modified 2022-01-05) · logsource: product=windows · 06d71506-7beb-4f22-8888-e2e5e2ca7fd8
This method detects mimikatz keywords in different Eventlogs (some of them only appear in older Mimikatz version that are however still used by different threat groups)
Author: Ensar Şamil, @sblmsrsn, @oscd_initiative · 2020-10-06 (modified 2022-10-09) · logsource: product=windows category=process_creation · 0b4ae027-2a2d-4b93-8c7e-962caaba5b2a
Detects usage of Time Travel Debugging Utility. Adversaries can execute malicious processes and dump processes, such as lsass.exe, via tttracer.exe.
Techniques: T1218T1003.001
Author: Perez Diego (@darkquassar), oscd.community, Ecco · 2019-10-27 (modified 2024-03-01) · logsource: product=windows category=image_load · 0e277796-5f23-4e49-a490-483131d4f6e1
Detects the load of dbghelp/dbgcore DLL by a potentially uncommon or potentially suspicious process. The Dbghelp and Dbgcore DLLs export functions that allow for the dump of process memory. Tools like ProcessHacker, Task Manager and some attacker tradecraft use the MiniDumpWriteDump API found in dbghelp.dll or dbgcore.dll. As an example, SilentTrynity C2 Framework has a module that leverages this API to dump the contents of Lsass.exe and transfer it over the network back to the attacker's machine. Keep in mind that many legitimate Windows processes and services might load the aforementioned DLLs for debugging or other related purposes. Investigate the CommandLine and the Image location of the process loading the DLL.
Techniques: T1003.001
Author: oscd.community, Natalia Shornikova · 2020-10-06 (modified 2023-11-28) · logsource: product=windows category=process_access · 0f920ebe-7aea-4c54-b202-9aa0c609cfe5
Detects a PowerShell process requesting access to "lsass.exe", which can be indicative of potential credential dumping attempts
Techniques: T1003.001
Author: Austin Songer @austinsonger, Florian Roth (Nextron Systems), Nasreddine Bencherchali (Nextron Systems) · 2021-11-26 (modified 2024-06-21) · logsource: product=windows category=process_creation · 129966c9-de17-4334-a123-8b58172e664d
Detects when a user is potentially trying to bypass the Windows Defender AV by renaming a tool to dump64.exe and placing it in the Visual Studio folder. Currently the rule is covering only usage of procdump but other utilities can be added in order to increase coverage.
Techniques: T1003.001
Author: Florian Roth (Nextron Systems) · 2022-09-20 (modified 2023-02-14) · logsource: product=windows category=process_creation · 1a1ed54a-2ba4-4221-94d5-01dee560d71e
Detects uses of a renamed legitimate createdump.exe LOLOBIN utility to dump process memory
Techniques: T1036T1003.001
Author: Jason (https://github.com/0xbcf) · 2025-09-23 (modified 2025-11-23) · logsource: product=windows category=process_creation · 1f0b4cac-9c81-41f4-95d0-8475ff46b3e2
Detects potential abuse of WerFaultSecure.exe to dump Protected Process Light (PPL) processes like LSASS or to freeze security solutions (EDR/antivirus). This technique is used by tools such as EDR-Freeze and WSASS to bypass PPL protections and access sensitive information or disable security software. Distinct command line patterns help identify the specific tool: - WSASS usage typically shows: "WSASS.exe WerFaultSecure.exe [PID]" in ParentCommandLine - EDR-Freeze usage typically shows: "EDR-Freeze_[version].exe [PID] [timeout]" in ParentCommandLine Legitimate debugging operations using WerFaultSecure are rare in production environments and should be investigated.
Techniques: T1685T1003.001
Author: Kirill Kiryanov, oscd.community · 2020-10-08 (modified 2021-11-27) · logsource: product=windows category=process_creation · 23ceaf5c-b6f1-4a32-8559-f2ff734be516
Detects process dump via legitimate sqldumper.exe binary
Techniques: T1003.001
Author: Florian Roth (Nextron Systems) · 2020-02-04 (modified 2025-01-22) · logsource: product=windows category=process_creation · 2704ab9e-afe2-4854-a3b1-0c0706d03578
Detects the use of Dumpert process dumper, which dumps the lsass.exe process memory
Techniques: T1003.001
Author: Florian Roth (Nextron Systems) · 2021-08-16 (modified 2026-06-29) · logsource: product=windows category=process_creation · 2e65275c-8288-4ab4-aeb7-6274f58b6b20
Detects usage of the SysInternals Procdump utility
Techniques: T1036T1003.001
Author: @neu5ron, Teymur Kheirkhabarov, oscd.community · 2020-04-02 (modified 2021-11-27) · logsource: product=zeek service=smb_files · 2e69f167-47b5-4ae7-a390-47764529eff5
Transferring files with well-known filenames (sensitive files with credential data) using network shares
Author: Nasreddine Bencherchali (Nextron Systems) · 2022-06-09 (modified 2023-06-23) · logsource: product=windows category=process_creation · 2f869d59-7f6a-4931-992c-cce556ff2d53
Detects execution of "AdPlus.exe", a binary that is part of the Windows SDK that can be used as a LOLBIN in order to dump process memory and execute arbitrary commands.
Techniques: T1003.001
Author: @pbssubhash · 2022-12-08 (modified 2023-08-17) · logsource: product=windows category=registry_set · 33efc23c-6ea2-4503-8cfe-bdf82ce8f719
Detects the setting of the "DumpType" registry value to "2" which stands for a "Full Dump". Technique such as LSASS Shtinkering requires this value to be "2" in order to dump LSASS.
Techniques: T1003.001

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T1059 Command and Scripting Interpreter exploitation technique

Sigma rules tagged attack.t1059 (95)

Author: Sohan G (D4rkCiph3r) · 2023-04-05 · logsource: product=macos category=process_creation · 0250638a-2b28-4541-86fc-ea4c558fa0c6
Detects suspicious child processes spawned from browsers. This could be a result of a potential web browser exploitation.
Techniques: T1189T1203T1059
Author: Nasreddine Bencherchali (Nextron Systems) · 2023-04-17 · logsource: product=windows category=process_creation · 05ebafc8-7aa2-4bcd-a269-2aec93f9e842
Detects usage of winget to add new additional download sources
Techniques: T1059
Author: Victor Sergeev, oscd.community · 2020-10-09 (modified 2024-04-23) · logsource: product=windows category=process_creation · 06b401f4-107c-4ff9-947f-9ec1e7649f1e
Detects execution of "ftp.exe" script with the "-s" or "/s" flag and any child processes ran by "ftp.exe".
Techniques: T1059T1202
Author: Nasreddine Bencherchali (Nextron Systems), E.M. Anhaus (originally from Atomic Blue Detections, Endgame), oscd.community · 2022-06-14 (modified 2023-01-04) · logsource: product=windows category=process_creation · 0955e4e1-c281-4fb9-9ee1-5ee7b4b754d2
Detects execition of commands and binaries from the context of The program compatibility assistant (Pcalua.exe). This can be used as a LOLBIN in order to bypass application whitelisting.
Techniques: T1059
Author: Swachchhanda Shrawan Poudel (Nextron Systems) · 2025-11-25 · logsource: product=linux category=process_creation · 11bb9b26-4179-4a06-afcb-1ec31fce1627
Detects potential Shai-Hulud malware indicators based on specific command line arguments associated with its execution.
Techniques: T1059
Author: Florian Roth (Nextron Systems), Nasreddine Bencherchali (Nextron Systems) · 2022-02-08 (modified 2026-02-17) · logsource: product=windows category=process_creation · 1228c958-e64e-4e71-92ad-7d429f4138ba
Detects suspicious script execution from suspicious directories or folders accessible by environment variables that may indicate malware activity. Script interpreters (cscript, wscript, mshta, powershell) executing from folders like Temp, Public, or user profile directories may suggest attempts to evade detection or execute malicious scripts.
Techniques: T1059
Author: Josh Nickels, Marius Rothenbücher · 2024-09-06 · logsource: product=windows category=dns_query · 12310575-e8b1-475c-a976-57ed540b349c
Detects unusual domain resolutions originating from CScript/WScript that can identify malicious javascript files executing in an environment, often as a result from a phishing or watering hole attack.
Techniques: T1059
Author: Florian Roth (Nextron Systems) · 2021-11-20 (modified 2023-03-29) · logsource: product=windows category=file_event · 1277f594-a7d1-4f28-a2d3-73af5cbeab43
Detects Windows shells and scripting applications that write files to suspicious folders
Techniques: T1059
Author: frack113, Tim Shelton (update fp) · 2022-12-05 (modified 2025-03-06) · logsource: product=windows category=process_creation · 178e615d-e666-498b-9630-9ed363038101
Detects when a shell program such as the Windows command prompt or PowerShell is launched with system privileges from a uncommon parent location.
Techniques: T1059
Author: Micah Babinski · 2023-10-15 · logsource: product=windows category=file_event · 1a433e1d-03d2-47a6-8063-ece992cf4e73
Detects the usage of curl.exe, KeyScramblerLogon, or other non-standard/suspicious processes used to create Autoit3.exe. This activity has been associated with DarkGate malware, which uses Autoit3.exe to execute shellcode that performs process injection and connects to the DarkGate command-and-control server. Curl, KeyScramblerLogon, and these other processes consitute non-standard and suspicious ways to retrieve the Autoit3 executable.
Techniques: T1105T1059
Author: Andreas Braathen (mnemonic.io) · 2023-11-14 · logsource: product=windows category=process_creation · 1ddaa9a4-eb0b-4398-a9fe-7b018f9e23db
Detects exploitation attempt of CVE-2023-22518 (Confluence Data Center / Confluence Server), where an attacker can exploit vulnerable endpoints to e.g. create admin accounts and execute arbitrary commands.
Techniques: T1059T1190
CVE tags: CVE-2023-22518
Author: Nasreddine Bencherchali (Nextron Systems) · 2023-01-02 · logsource: product=windows category=process_creation · 20a5ffa1-3848-4584-b6f8-c7c7fd9f69c8
Detects execution of ruby using the "-e" flag. This is could be used as a way to launch a reverse shell or execute live ruby code.
Techniques: T1059
Author: Tim Rauch (rule), Elastic (idea) · 2022-10-17 · logsource: product=macos category=process_creation · 234dc5df-40b5-49d1-bf53-0d44ce778eca
Detects when a built-in utility is used to decode and decrypt a payload after a macOS disk image (DMG) is executed. Malware authors may attempt to evade detection and trick users into executing malicious code by encoding and encrypting their payload and placing it in a disk image file. This behavior is consistent with adware or malware families such as Bundlore and Shlayer.
Techniques: T1059T1204T1140
Author: Nasreddine Bencherchali (Nextron Systems) · 2023-06-14 · logsource: product=windows category=process_creation · 236d8e89-ed95-4789-a982-36f4643738ba
Detects execution of the "VMwareToolBoxCmd.exe" with the "script" and "set" flag to setup a specific script that's located in a potentially suspicious location to run for a specific VM state
Techniques: T1059
Author: Nasreddine Bencherchali (Nextron Systems), X__Junior (Nextron Systems) · 2024-01-11 · logsource: product=windows category=process_creation · 2433a154-bb3d-42e4-86c3-a26bdac91c45
Detects the execution of a renamed "PingCastle" binary based on the PE metadata fields.
Techniques: T1059T1202

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T1068 Exploitation for Privilege Escalation exploitation technique

Sigma rules tagged attack.t1068 (31)

Author: Florian Roth (Nextron Systems) · 2019-11-20 (modified 2024-12-01) · logsource: product=windows category=process_creation · 02e0b2ea-a597-428e-b04a-af6a1a403e5c
Detects an exploitation attempt in which the UAC consent dialogue is used to invoke an Internet Explorer process running as LOCAL_SYSTEM
Techniques: T1068
CVE tags: CVE-2019-1388
Author: Nasreddine Bencherchali (Nextron Systems) · 2022-08-18 (modified 2023-12-02) · logsource: product=windows category=driver_load · 05296024-fe8a-4baf-8f3d-9a5f5624ceb2
Detects loading of known malicious drivers via their hash.
Techniques: T1543.003T1068
Author: Florian Roth (Nextron Systems) · 2021-10-09 (modified 2022-12-25) · logsource: product=linux service=auditd · 071d5e5a-9cef-47ec-bc4e-a42e34d8d0ed
Detects command line parameter very often used with coin miners
Techniques: T1068
Author: Nisarg Suthar · 2025-08-01 · logsource: product=windows category=process_creation · 0fdc7c7f-c690-4217-9ae3-31f5156eed72
Detects suspicious child processes created by CrushFTP. It could be an indication of exploitation of a RCE vulnerability such as CVE-2025-54309.
CVE tags: CVE-2025-54309
Author: Swachchhanda Shrawn Poudel (Nextron Systems) · 2025-10-02 (modified 2026-03-31) · logsource: product=linux category=file_event · 10ac0730-c24e-4f4c-81f8-b13a1ac95a1d
Detects the creation of nsswitch.conf files in non-standard directories, which may indicate exploitation of CVE-2025-32463. This vulnerability requires an attacker to create a nsswitch.conf in a directory that will be used during sudo chroot operations. When sudo executes, it loads malicious shared libraries from user-controlled locations within the chroot environment, potentially leading to arbitrary code execution and privilege escalation.
Techniques: T1068
CVE tags: CVE-2025-32463
Author: @eyezuhk Isaac Fernandes · 2025-02-19 · logsource: product=windows category=image_load · 17ce9373-2163-4a2c-90ba-f91e9ef7a8c1
Detects potentially suspicious loading of "ksproxy.ax", which may indicate an attempt to exploit CVE-2024-35250.
Techniques: T1068
CVE tags: CVE-2024-35250
Author: Florian Roth (Nextron Systems) · 2017-03-01 (modified 2025-03-17) · logsource: product=linux · 18b042f0-2ecd-4b6e-9f8d-aa7a7e7de781
Detects buffer overflow attempts in Unix system log files
Techniques: T1068
Author: Florian Roth (Nextron Systems), oscd.community, Jonhnathan Ribeiro · 2019-11-15 (modified 2021-11-27) · logsource: product=windows category=process_creation · 1c373b6d-76ce-4553-997d-8c1da9a6b5f5
Detects exploitation attempt of privilege escalation vulnerability via SetupComplete.cmd and PartnerSetupComplete.cmd described in CVE-2019-1378
CVE tags: CVE-2019-1378
Author: Roberto Rodriguez (Cyb3rWard0g), OTR (Open Threat Research), MSTIC · 2021-10-15 (modified 2022-10-05) · logsource: product=linux category=process_creation · 21541900-27a9-4454-9c4c-3f0a4240344a
Rule to detect the use of the SCX RunAsProvider Invoke_ExecuteShellCommand to execute any UNIX/Linux command using the /bin/sh shell. SCXcore, started as the Microsoft Operations Manager UNIX/Linux Agent, is now used in a host of products including Microsoft Operations Manager, Microsoft Azure, and Microsoft Operations Management Suite.
Techniques: T1068T1190T1203
Author: Swachchhanda Shrawan Poudel (Nextron Systems) · 2025-06-06 · logsource: product=windows category=process_creation · 38a1ac5f-9c74-47d2-a345-dd6f5eb4e7c8
Detects the execution of SharpSuccessor, a tool used to exploit the BadSuccessor attack for privilege escalation in WinServer 2025 Active Directory environments. Successful usage of this tool can let the attackers gain the domain admin privileges by exploiting the BadSuccessor vulnerability.
Techniques: T1068
Author: Nasreddine Bencherchali (Nextron Systems) · 2022-10-03 (modified 2023-12-02) · logsource: product=windows category=driver_load · 39b64854-5497-4b57-a448-40977b8c9679
Detects loading of known malicious drivers via the file name of the drivers.
Techniques: T1543.003T1068
Author: Florian Roth (Nextron Systems) · 2021-11-22 (modified 2022-12-25) · logsource: product=windows category=file_event · 3be82d5d-09fe-4d6a-a275-0d40d234d324
Detects signs of the exploitation of LPE CVE-2021-41379 that include an msiexec process that creates an elevation_service.exe file
Techniques: T1068
Author: Gene Kazimiarovich · 2026-04-30 · logsource: product=linux service=auditd · 474b415a-8b3d-4e6a-9f12-0d5c8a7b6e94
Detects creation of AF_ALG (Address Family 38) sockets via the socket() syscall. AF_ALG is the Linux kernel crypto API interface. It is exploited in CVE-2026-31431 to achieve local privilege escalation via a buffer overflow in the AF_ALG AEAD splice path that corrupts the page cache of SUID binaries. Legitimate AF_ALG usage is rare and confined to specific crypto utilities and VPN daemons using non-default kernel offload configurations.
Techniques: T1068
CVE tags: CVE-2026-31431
Author: Gene Kazimiarovich · 2026-05-09 · logsource: product=linux category=process_creation · 474b415a-d917-4f3b-8c62-9e1a0d5f7b48
Detects kernel auto-loading of the authencesn crypto module via modprobe This occurs when user-space code creates an AF_ALG socket and binds the authencesn AEAD cipher (e.g., authencesn(hmac(sha256),cbc(aes))). The kernel invokes modprobe to load the crypto module. This is a key indicator of CVE-2026-31431 (Copy Fail) exploitation, where the authencesn cipher is used to trigger a buffer overflow in the AF_ALG AEAD splice path, corrupting the page cache of SUID binaries for local privilege escalation. On Linux systems, modprobe is typically a symlink to kmod, so the process image will be /usr/bin/kmod (or /bin/kmod) with 'modprobe' appearing in the command line.
Techniques: T1068T1547.006
CVE tags: CVE-2026-31431
Audit CVE Event criticaltest
Author: Florian Roth (Nextron Systems), Zach Mathis · 2020-01-15 (modified 2022-10-22) · logsource: product=windows service=application · 48d91a3a-2363-43ba-a456-ca71ac3da5c2
Detects events generated by user-mode applications when they call the CveEventWrite API when a known vulnerability is trying to be exploited. MS started using this log in Jan. 2020 with CVE-2020-0601 (a Windows CryptoAPI vulnerability. Unfortunately, that is about the only instance of CVEs being written to this log.

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T1543 Create or Modify System Process primary impact

Sigma rules tagged attack.t1543 (9)

Author: Florian Roth (Nextron Systems) · 2023-05-08 (modified 2024-11-23) · logsource: product=windows category=driver_load · 10cb6535-b31d-4512-9962-513dcbc42cc1
Detects driver load of the System Informer tool
Techniques: T1543
Author: Florian Roth (Nextron Systems) · 2023-05-08 (modified 2024-11-23) · logsource: product=windows category=process_creation · 5722dff1-4bdd-4949-86ab-fbaf707e767a
Detects the execution of System Informer, a task manager tool to view and manipulate processes, kernel options and other low level operations
Techniques: T1082T1564T1543
Author: Florian Roth (Nextron Systems) · 2022-11-16 (modified 2024-11-23) · logsource: product=windows category=driver_load · 67add051-9ee7-4ad3-93ba-42935615ae8d
Detects driver load of the Process Hacker tool
Techniques: T1543
CVE tags: CVE-2021-21551
Author: Tim Rauch (Nextron Systems), Elastic (idea) · 2022-09-15 (modified 2023-01-04) · logsource: product=windows service=system · 71c276aa-49cd-43d2-b920-2dcd3e6962d5
Detects a service installed by a client which has PID 0 or whose parent has PID 0
Techniques: T1543
Author: Florian Roth (Nextron Systems) · 2022-10-10 (modified 2024-11-23) · logsource: product=windows category=process_creation · 811e0002-b13b-4a15-9d00-a613fce66e42
Detects the execution of Process Hacker based on binary metadata information (Image, Hash, Imphash, etc). Process Hacker is a tool to view and manipulate processes, kernel options and other low level options. Threat actors abused older vulnerable versions to manipulate system processes.
Techniques: T1622T1564T1543
Author: Nasreddine Bencherchali (Nextron Systems) · 2023-06-06 · logsource: product=windows service=codeintegrity-operational · 9b72b82d-f1c5-4632-b589-187159bc6ec1
Detects blocked load attempts of revoked drivers
Techniques: T1543
Author: Tim Rauch (Nextron Systems), Elastic (idea) · 2022-09-15 (modified 2023-01-04) · logsource: product=windows service=security · c4e92a97-a9ff-4392-9d2d-7a4c642768ca
Detects a service installed by a client which has PID 0 or whose parent has PID 0
Techniques: T1543
Author: Nasreddine Bencherchali (Nextron Systems) · 2022-11-10 (modified 2023-06-07) · logsource: product=windows service=codeintegrity-operational · e4be5675-4a53-426a-8c81-a8bb2387e947
Detects blocked load events that did not meet the authenticode signing level requirements or violated the code integrity policy.
Techniques: T1543
Author: Sittikorn S, Tim Shelton · 2022-05-11 (modified 2022-10-05) · logsource: product=windows service=system · e97d9903-53b2-41fc-8cb9-889ed4093e80
Detects service creation from KrbRelayUp tool used for privilege escalation in Windows domain environments where LDAP signing is not enforced (the default settings)
Techniques: T1543

T1608.001 Upload Malware primary impact

Sigma rules tagged attack.t1608.001 (0)

None. MITRE's strategy above is the only public detection guidance for this technique.