Suspicious Control Panel DLL Load
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About the rule
Rule Type
Standard
Rule Description
Detects suspicious Rundll32 execution from control.exe as used by Equation Group and Exploit Kits
Severity
Trouble
Rule Requirement
Criteria
Action1: actionname = "Process started" AND (PARENTPROCESSNAME endswith "\System32\control.exe" AND (PROCESSNAME endswith "\rundll32.exe" OR ORIGINALFILENAME = "RUNDLL32.EXE")) AND COMMANDLINE notcontains "Shell32.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
Florian Roth (Nextron Systems)
