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UAC Elevate Without Prompting Enabled

ID: uac-elevate-without-prompt

Severity: high

Author: princechaddha

Tags: uac,privilege,code,windows-audit

Description

Section titled “Description”

Checks if User Account Control (UAC) elevates privileges without prompting, reducing security.

YAML Source

Section titled “YAML Source”
id: uac-elevate-without-prompt


info:
  name: UAC Elevate Without Prompting Enabled
  author: princechaddha
  severity: high
  description: Checks if User Account Control (UAC) elevates privileges without prompting, reducing security.
  impact: |
    Elevating privileges without prompting can allow unauthorized changes to the system.
  remediation: |
    Configure UAC to prompt for administrative actions.
  tags: uac,privilege,code,windows-audit


self-contained: true


code:
  - pre-condition: |
      IsWindows();
    engine:
      - powershell
      - powershell.exe
    args:
      - -ExecutionPolicy
      - Bypass
    pattern: "*.ps1"
    source: |
      Get-ItemProperty -Path 'HKLM:\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System' -Name 'ConsentPromptBehaviorAdmin'


    matchers:
      - type: word
        words:
          - "ConsentPromptBehaviorAdmin : 0"
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Guide to check the vulnerabilities

Section titled “Guide to check the vulnerabilities”

This template is used to detect vulnerabilities in web applications. It can be used with the Nuclei tool to scan for specific patterns or behaviors.

Terminal window
$ nuclei -u "URL" -t "code/windows/audit/uac-elevate-without-prompt.yaml"

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