Execution DLL of Choice Using WAB.EXE

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About the rule

Rule Type

Standard

Rule Description

This rule detects that the path to the DLL written in the registry is different from the default one. Launched WAB.exe tries to load the DLL from Registry.

Severity

Trouble

Rule Requirement

Criteria

Action1: actionname = "Registry value modified" AND (OBJECTNAME endswith "\Software\Microsoft\WAB\DLLPath" OR (OBJECTNAME endswith "\Software\Microsoft\WAB" AND OBJECTVALUENAME = "DLLPath")) AND INFORMATION != "%CommonProgramFiles%\System\wab32.dll" select Action1.HOSTNAME,Action1.MESSAGE,Action1.OBJECTNAME,Action1.PROCESSNAME,Action1.PREVVAL,Action1.CHANGES

Detection

Execution Mode

realtime

Log Sources

Windows

Author

oscd.community, Natalia Shornikova