Microsoft Office DLL Sideload

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About the rule

Rule Type

Standard

Rule Description

Detects DLL sideloading of DLLs that are part of Microsoft Office from non standard location

Severity

Trouble

Rule Requirement

Criteria

Action1: actionname = "sa_imageloaded" AND OBJECTNAME endswith "\outllib.dll" AND OBJECTNAME notstartswith "C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\OFFICE,C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\OFFICE,C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Root\OFFICE,C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Root\OFFICE" select Action1.HOSTNAME,Action1.MESSAGE,Action1.PROCESSNAME,Action1.PRODUCT_NAME,Action1.OBJECTNAME

Detection

Execution Mode

realtime

Log Sources

Windows

Author

Nasreddine Bencherchali (Nextron Systems), Wietze Beukema (project and research)