title: DLL Side-Loading of Notepad++ GUP.exe
description: Detection of GUP.exe updater from Notepad++ being used for side-loading a dll.
author: keyboardcrunch
date: 10/10/2020
modified: 05/12/2020
mitre:
   tactic: Defense Evasion, Persistence, Privilege Escalation
   technique: T1574
   subtechnique: 002
operating_system: windows
query: TgtProcDisplayName = "WinGup for Notepad++" and SrcProcName Not In ("notepad++.exe","explorer.exe","lsass.exe","csrss.exe","svchost.exe","WerFault.exe")
false_positives: null
tags: null