Bitlocker Com Hijacking

Description

Simulated Windows Security and System events demonstrating the BitLocker Network Unlock COM Object Hijacking lateral movement technique (T1574.015 / T1546.015) using RemoteRegistry service enablement, HKCU CLSID manipulation, and execution via baaupdate.exe or BdeUISrv.exe.

MITRE ATT&CK Techniques

ID Technique Tactic
T1546.015 Component Object Model Hijacking Persistence, Privilege Escalation

Environment Details

Field Value
Environment NA
Directory bitlocker_com_hijacking
Test Date 2025-11-25

Datasets

The following datasets were collected during this attack simulation:

Windows-Security.log

  • Path: datasets/attack_techniques/T1546.015/bitlocker_com_hijacking/windows-security.log
  • Sourcetype: XmlWinEventLog
  • Source: XmlWinEventLog:Security

Windows-System.log

  • Path: datasets/attack_techniques/T1546.015/bitlocker_com_hijacking/windows-system.log
  • Sourcetype: XmlWinEventLog
  • Source: XmlWinEventLog:System

No specific detections currently use this attack data for testing. However, you can find related detections and analytics in our security content repository.

Usage Instructions

Replay with Splunk Attack Data

Replay attack data with replay.py from Splunk Attack Data.

1python replay.py --dataset datasets/attack_techniques/T1546.015/bitlocker_com_hijacking/windows-security.log --index attack_data

Manual Import

  1. Download the dataset files from the paths listed above
  2. Configure your Splunk instance with the appropriate sourcetypes
  3. Import the logs using the Splunk Add Data wizard

Find more detections and analytics for this attack technique in our security content repository.


Source: GitHub | Version: 1.0