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Analytic for WDAC Policy abuse #5175

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Summary of the Pull Request

Adds analytic to hunt for abuse of Windows Defender Application Control (WDAC) policies in order to e.g. silence EDR components. An adversary would likely perform this in privileged mode (not system), which also significantly reduces FP ratio.

See also https://beierle.win/2024-12-20-Weaponizing-WDAC-Killing-the-Dreams-of-EDR/

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  • new: WDAC Policy File Creation In CodeIntegrity Folder

Example Log Event

(Microsoft Defender XDR)

{
  "ActionType": "FileCreated",
  "FileName": "{1293307f-f66a-498a-bba9-a1dbc31723cf}.CIP",
  "FolderPath": "C:\\Windows\\System32\\CodeIntegrity\\CiPolicies\\Active\\{1293307f-f66a-498a-bba9-a1dbc31723cf}.CIP",
  "InitiatingProcessFolderPath": "c:\\windows\\system32\\dllhost.exe",
  "InitiatingProcessCommandLine": "DllHost.exe /Processid:{3AD05575-8857-4850-9277-11B85BDB8E09}",
  "InitiatingProcessIntegrityLevel": "High",
  "InitiatingProcessTokenElevation": "TokenElevationTypeFull",
  "RequestProtocol": "Local",
}

@github-actions github-actions bot added Rules Windows Pull request add/update windows related rules labels Jan 30, 2025
@nasbench nasbench added the Author Input Required changes the require information from original author of the rules label Jan 30, 2025
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@frack113 can you get this field added to the validator so that the CI passes?

@nasbench nasbench added Additional Data Needed and removed Author Input Required changes the require information from original author of the rules labels Feb 25, 2025
@nasbench nasbench added 2nd Review Needed PR need a second approval and removed Additional Data Needed labels Feb 28, 2025
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Need to change the file name as it is a duplicate.

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