Suspicious Disabling of UAC (via registry_set)

title: Suspicious Disabling of UAC (via registry_set)
id: a961d57c-7e9e-563c-9bec-e3a2b71ecc0c
status: stable
description: This rule detects when an adversary tries to disable User Account Control (UAC) by setting the registry value "EnableLUA" to 0.
references:
    - https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1548/002/
    - https://github.com/redcanaryco/atomic-red-team/blob/7e11e9b79583545f208a6dc3fa062f2ed443d999/atomics/T1548.002/T1548.002.md
author: Huntrule Team
date: 2026-04-09
tags:
    - attack.privilege-escalation
    - attack.t1548.002
logsource:
    category: registry_set
    product: windows
detection:
    selection:
        TargetObject|contains: '\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System\EnableLUA'
        Details: 'DWORD (0x00000000)'
    condition: selection
falsepositives:
    - Unknown
level: medium