TA0004 · PRIVILEGE ESCALATION
Process Doppelgänging
Adversaries may inject malicious code into process via process doppelgänging in order to evade process-based defenses as well as possibly elevate privileges.
Detect it with
Monitor and analyze calls to CreateTransaction , CreateFileTransacted , RollbackTransaction , and other rarely used functions indicative of TxF activity.
Why it matters on shift
Process Doppelgänging is one of the concrete ways adversaries achieve privilege escalation. Recognising it in telemetry lets you name the technique in your ticket and pivot to what came before and after.
What to look for next
After privilege escalation, the next tactic is usually Defense Evasion. Search your telemetry for the transition before closing the ticket.
Kill-chain context