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feat(rules): New UAC bypass via trusted Windows directory masquerading rule#626

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feat(rules): New UAC bypass via trusted Windows directory masquerading rule#626
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What is the purpose of this PR / why it is needed?

Identifies an attempt to bypass User Account Control (UAC) by masquerading as a Microsoft trusted Windows directory. Adversaries abuse UAC bypass to execute code with elevated privileges.

What type of change does this PR introduce?


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/kind feature (non-breaking change which adds functionality)

/kind bug-fix (non-breaking change which fixes an issue)

/kind refactor (non-breaking change that restructures the code, while not changing the original functionality)

/kind breaking (fix or feature that would cause existing functionality to not work as expected

/kind cleanup

/kind improvement

/kind design

/kind documentation

/kind other (change that doesn't pertain to any of the above categories)

Any specific area of the project related to this PR?


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/area instrumentation

/area telemetry

/area rule-engine

/area filters

/area yara

/area event

/area captures

/area alertsenders

/area outputs

/area rules

/area filaments

/area config

/area cli

/area tests

/area ci

/area build

/area docs

/area deps

/area evasion

/area other

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Does this PR introduce a user-facing change?


@rabbitstack rabbitstack added the rules Anything related to detection rules label Feb 19, 2026
@rabbitstack rabbitstack force-pushed the privilege_escalation_uac_bypass_via_trusted_windows_directory_masquerading branch from a2ec472 to 57e9e74 Compare February 20, 2026 16:43
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Identifies an attempt to bypass User Account Control (UAC) by masquerading as a Microsoft trusted Windows directory. Adversaries abuse UAC bypass to execute code with elevated privileges.
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