Sigma rule: Local Privilege Escalation Indicator TabTip

A detection rule from the SigmaHQ repository, shown as its author published it. Dataset version ref-7edaac2ba730, updated 2023-04-14T00:00:00.000Z.

Rule

Title
Local Privilege Escalation Indicator TabTip
Status
test
Level
high
Author
Florian Roth (Nextron Systems)
Date
2022-10-07
Modified
2023-04-14
File
rules/windows/builtin/system/microsoft_windows_distributed_com/win_system_lpe_indicators_tabtip.yml
Commit
ccbb0369507f796db0b0ae6854c8a2be471b9d84

Detects the invocation of TabTip via CLSID as seen when JuicyPotatoNG is used on a system in brute force mode

Log source

product
windows
service
system

Detection

selection:
    Provider_Name: 'Microsoft-Windows-DistributedCOM'
    EventID: 10001
    param1: 'C:\Program Files\Common Files\microsoft shared\ink\TabTip.exe'  # Binary starting/started
    param2: 2147943140                                                       # ERROR id
    param3: '{054AAE20-4BEA-4347-8A35-64A533254A9D}'                         # DCOM Server
condition: selection

False positives (as the rule lists them)

  • Unknown

Tags

  • attack.collection
  • attack.execution
  • attack.credential-access
  • attack.t1557.001

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/builtin/system/microsoft_windows_distributed_com/win_system_lpe_indicators_tabtip.yml

Sources and licences

  • SigmaHQ

    "Local Privilege Escalation Indicator TabTip" by Florian Roth (Nextron Systems) (SigmaHQ). Rule: https://github.com/SigmaHQ/sigma/blob/ccbb0369507f796db0b0ae6854c8a2be471b9d84/rules/windows/builtin/system/microsoft_windows_distributed_com/win_system_lpe_indicators_tabtip.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: Local Privilege Escalation Indicator TabTip",
entity page, dataset version ref-7edaac2ba730, updated 2023-04-14T00:00:00.000Z,
https://ransomware-tracker.com/detections/sigma/bc2e25ed-b92b-4daa-b074-b502bdd1982b (accessed 2026-11-03).
Underlying source: SigmaHQ rule bc2e25ed-b92b-4daa-b074-b502bdd1982b, commit ccbb0369507f796db0b0ae6854c8a2be471b9d84.

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