Rundll32 Spawned Via Explorer.EXE

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About the rule

Rule Type

Standard

Rule Description

Detects execution of "rundll32.exe" with a parent process of Explorer.exe. This has been observed by variants of Raspberry Robin, as first reported by Red Canary.

Severity

Trouble

Rule Requirement

Criteria

Action1: actionname = "Process started" AND (PARENTPROCESSNAME endswith "\explorer.exe" AND (PROCESSNAME endswith "\rundll32.exe" OR ORIGINALFILENAME = "RUNDLL32.EXE")) AND COMMANDLINE notcontains " C:\Windows\System32\, -localserver 22d8c27b-47a1-48d1-ad08-7da7abd7961" select Action1.HOSTNAME,Action1.MESSAGE,Action1.COMMANDLINE,Action1.FILE_NAME,Action1.PROCESSNAME,Action1.USERNAME,Action1.PARENTPROCESSNAME

Detection

Execution Mode

realtime

Log Sources

Windows

Author

CD_ROM_