Netskope Threat Labs

BypassUac

ATP Sandbox Adv. Heuristics

This generic detection identifies attempts to bypass User Account Control so that malware can run with elevated privileges without prompting the user.

First seen
March 2022
Last seen
October 2026
Alert Name
ByteCode-MSIL.Exploit.BypassUac
Script-JS.Trojan.BypassUac
Script-PowerShell.Exploit.BypassUac
Script-PowerShell.Trojan.BypassUac
Script-WScript.Exploit.BypassUac
Win32.Exploit.BypassUac
Win64.Exploit.BypassUac
Win64.Trojan.BypassUac