Potential Arbitrary DLL Load Using Winword

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About the rule

Rule Type

Standard

Rule Description

Detects potential DLL sideloading using the Microsoft Office winword process via the '/l' flag.

Severity

Trouble

Rule Requirement

Criteria

Action1: actionname = "Process started" AND (PROCESSNAME endswith "\WINWORD.exe" OR ORIGINALFILENAME = "WinWord.exe") AND (COMMANDLINE contains "/l " 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

Victor Sergeev, oscd.community