Sigma rule: UAC Bypass Using Iscsicpl - ImageLoad

A detection rule from the SigmaHQ repository, shown as its author published it. Dataset version ref-ed9d6ca465b8, updated 2022-07-25T00:00:00.000Z.

Rule

Title
UAC Bypass Using Iscsicpl - ImageLoad
Status
test
Level
high
Author
Nasreddine Bencherchali (Nextron Systems)
Date
2022-07-17
Modified
2022-07-25
File
rules/windows/image_load/image_load_uac_bypass_iscsicpl.yml
Commit
ccbb0369507f796db0b0ae6854c8a2be471b9d84

Detects the "iscsicpl.exe" UAC bypass technique that leverages a DLL Search Order hijacking technique to load a custom DLL's from temp or a any user controlled location in the users %PATH%

Log source

product
windows
category
image_load

Detection

selection:
    Image: C:\Windows\SysWOW64\iscsicpl.exe
    ImageLoaded|endswith: '\iscsiexe.dll'
filter:
    ImageLoaded|contains|all:
        - 'C:\Windows\'
        - 'iscsiexe.dll'
condition: selection and not filter

False positives (as the rule lists them)

  • Unknown

Tags

  • attack.privilege-escalation
  • attack.t1548.002

MITRE ATT&CK ids this rule names

References

Read on 2026-11-03T00:58:21.399Z under licence sigma-drl-1.1@d5f4c36a from https://github.com/SigmaHQ/sigma/blob/ccbb0369507f796db0b0ae6854c8a2be471b9d84/rules/windows/image_load/image_load_uac_bypass_iscsicpl.yml

Sources and licences

  • SigmaHQ

    "UAC Bypass Using Iscsicpl - ImageLoad" by Nasreddine Bencherchali (Nextron Systems) (SigmaHQ). Rule: https://github.com/SigmaHQ/sigma/blob/ccbb0369507f796db0b0ae6854c8a2be471b9d84/rules/windows/image_load/image_load_uac_bypass_iscsicpl.yml.
    Licensed under the Detection Rule License (DRL) 1.1: https://github.com/SigmaHQ/Detection-Rule-License

    Detection Rule License (DRL) 1.1

Cite this page

Dragons Eye Ransomware Tracker, "Sigma rule: UAC Bypass Using Iscsicpl - ImageLoad",
entity page, dataset version ref-ed9d6ca465b8, updated 2022-07-25T00:00:00.000Z,
https://ransomware-tracker.com/detections/sigma/9ed5959a-c43c-4c59-84e3-d28628429456 (accessed 2026-11-03).
Underlying source: SigmaHQ rule 9ed5959a-c43c-4c59-84e3-d28628429456, commit ccbb0369507f796db0b0ae6854c8a2be471b9d84.

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