DLL Call by Ordinal Via Rundll32.EXE

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About the rule

Rule Type

Standard

Rule Description

Detects calls of DLLs exports by ordinal numbers via rundll32.dll.

Severity

Trouble

Rule Requirement

Criteria

Action1: actionname = "Process started" AND ((PROCESSNAME endswith "\rundll32.exe" OR ORIGINALFILENAME = "RUNDLL32.EXE") AND COMMANDLINE contains ",#,, #,.dll #,.ocx #") AND ((COMMANDLINE notcontains "EDGEHTML.dll" OR COMMANDLINE notcontains "#141") AND (PARENTPROCESSNAME notcontains "\Msbuild\Current\Bin\,\VC\Tools\MSVC\,\Tracker.exe" OR COMMANDLINE notcontains "\FileTracker32.dll,#1,\FileTracker32.dll",#1,\FileTracker64.dll,#1,\FileTracker64.dll",#1")) 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)