Suspicious Usage Of ShellExec_RunDLL

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About the rule

Rule Type

Standard

Rule Description

Detects suspicious usage of the ShellExec_RunDLL function to launch other commands as seen in the the raspberry-robin attack

Severity

Trouble

Rule Requirement

Criteria

Action1: actionname = "Process started" AND COMMANDLINE contains "ShellExec_RunDLL" AND COMMANDLINE contains "\Desktop\,\Temp\,\Users\Public\,comspec,iex,Invoke-,msiexec,odbcconf,regsvr32" 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)