Microsoft Office DLL Sideload

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Applies to: Log360Log360 Cloud

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 = "Image Loaded" 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,Action1.SIGNATURE,Action1.SIGNATURESTATUS

Detection

Execution Mode

realtime

Log Sources

Windows

Author

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