Potential Mfdetours.DLL Sideloading
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About the rule
Rule Type
Standard
Rule Description
Detects potential DLL sideloading of "mfdetours.dll". While using "mftrace.exe" it can be abused to attach to an arbitrary process and force load any DLL named "mfdetours.dll" from the current directory of execution.
Severity
Trouble
Rule Requirement
Criteria
Action1: actionname = "sa_imageloaded" AND OBJECTNAME endswith "\mfdetours.dll" AND OBJECTNAME notcontains ":\Program Files (x86)\Windows Kits\10\bin" select Action1.HOSTNAME,Action1.MESSAGE,Action1.PROCESSNAME,Action1.PRODUCT_NAME,Action1.OBJECTNAME
Detection
Execution Mode
realtime
Log Sources
Windows
Author
Nasreddine Bencherchali (Nextron Systems)
