Driver/DLL Installation Via Odbcconf.EXE

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About the rule

Rule Type

Standard

Rule Description

Detects execution of "odbcconf" with "INSTALLDRIVER" which installs a new ODBC driver. Attackers abuse this to install and run malicious DLLs.

Severity

Trouble

Rule Requirement

Criteria

Action1: actionname = "Process started" AND (PROCESSNAME endswith "\odbcconf.exe" OR ORIGINALFILENAME = "odbcconf.exe") AND (COMMANDLINE contains "INSTALLDRIVER " AND COMMANDLINE contains ".dll") select Action1.HOSTNAME,Action1.MESSAGE,Action1.COMMANDLINE,Action1.FILE_NAME,Action1.PROCESSNAME,Action1.USERNAME,Action1.PARENTPROCESSNAME

Detection

Execution Mode

realtime

Log Sources

Windows

Author

Nasreddine Bencherchali (Nextron Systems)