Millenium RAT UAC Bypass via ShellExecuteExW runas Verb Elevating cmd.exe

Ibrahim Saud@tektrix

•updated Jun 30, 2026•0•0•5

Detects the execution of 'whoami' via 'cmd.exe' where the parent process is not a standard Windows system process or a known application path. This pattern is often indicative of reconnaissance or post-exploitation activity where an attacker attempts to identify the current user context.