Sigma rule: HackTool - UACMe Akagi Execution

A detection rule from the SigmaHQ repository, shown as its author published it. Dataset version ref-96ad20cd18d5, updated 2024-11-23T00:00:00.000Z.

Rule

Title
HackTool - UACMe Akagi Execution
Status
test
Level
high
Author
Christian Burkard (Nextron Systems), Florian Roth (Nextron Systems)
Date
2021-08-30
Modified
2024-11-23
File
rules/windows/process_creation/proc_creation_win_hktl_uacme.yml
Commit
ccbb0369507f796db0b0ae6854c8a2be471b9d84

Detects the execution of UACMe, a tool used for UAC bypasses, via default PE metadata

Log source

product
windows
category
process_creation

Detection

selection_pe:
    - Product: 'UACMe'
    - Company:
          - 'REvol Corp'
          - 'APT 92'
          - 'UG North'
          - 'Hazardous Environments'
          - 'CD Project Rekt'
    - Description:
          - 'UACMe main module'
          - 'Pentesting utility'
    - OriginalFileName:
          - 'Akagi.exe'
          - 'Akagi64.exe'
selection_img:
    Image|endswith:
        - '\Akagi64.exe'
        - '\Akagi.exe'
selection_hashes_sysmon:
    Hashes|contains:
        - 'IMPHASH=767637C23BB42CD5D7397CF58B0BE688'
        - 'IMPHASH=14C4E4C72BA075E9069EE67F39188AD8'
        - 'IMPHASH=3C782813D4AFCE07BBFC5A9772ACDBDC'
        - 'IMPHASH=7D010C6BB6A3726F327F7E239166D127'
        - 'IMPHASH=89159BA4DD04E4CE5559F132A9964EB3'
        - 'IMPHASH=6F33F4A5FC42B8CEC7314947BD13F30F'
        - 'IMPHASH=5834ED4291BDEB928270428EBBAF7604'
        - 'IMPHASH=5A8A8A43F25485E7EE1B201EDCBC7A38'
        - 'IMPHASH=DC7D30B90B2D8ABF664FBED2B1B59894'
        - 'IMPHASH=41923EA1F824FE63EA5BEB84DB7A3E74'
        - 'IMPHASH=3DE09703C8E79ED2CA3F01074719906B'
condition: 1 of selection_*

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/process_creation/proc_creation_win_hktl_uacme.yml

Sources and licences

  • SigmaHQ

    "HackTool - UACMe Akagi Execution" by Christian Burkard (Nextron Systems), Florian Roth (Nextron Systems) (SigmaHQ). Rule: https://github.com/SigmaHQ/sigma/blob/ccbb0369507f796db0b0ae6854c8a2be471b9d84/rules/windows/process_creation/proc_creation_win_hktl_uacme.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: HackTool - UACMe Akagi Execution",
entity page, dataset version ref-96ad20cd18d5, updated 2024-11-23T00:00:00.000Z,
https://ransomware-tracker.com/detections/sigma/d38d2fa4-98e6-4a24-aff1-410b0c9ad177 (accessed 2026-11-03).
Underlying source: SigmaHQ rule d38d2fa4-98e6-4a24-aff1-410b0c9ad177, commit ccbb0369507f796db0b0ae6854c8a2be471b9d84.

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