title: Regedit as Trusted Installer
id: 883835a7-df45-43e4-bf1d-4268768afda4
description: Detects a regedit started with TrustedInstaller privileges or by ProcessHacker.exe
status: experimental
references:
    - https://twitter.com/1kwpeter/status/1397816101455765504
author: Florian Roth
date: 2021/05/27
logsource:
    category: process_creation
    product: windows
detection:
    selection:
        Image|endswith: '\regedit.exe'
        ParentImage|endswith: 
            - '\TrustedInstaller.exe'
            - '\ProcessHacker.exe'
    condition: selection
falsepositives:
    - Unlikely
level: high
tags:
    - attack.privilege_escalation
    - attack.t1548 