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System Control Panel Item Loaded From Uncommon Location
Target Profile
Splunk
Splunk SPL & tstats data model queries
Format Mode
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Conversion Output
System Control Panel Item Loaded From Uncommon Location
Using Splunk · Default · sigma-cli 2.0.2
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BackendSplunkFormatDefaultVersion2.0.2
title: System Control Panel Item Loaded From Uncommon Location
id: 2b140a5c-dc02-4bb8-b6b1-8bdb45714cde
status: test
description: |
Detects image load events of system control panel items (.cpl) from uncommon or non-system locations that may indicate DLL sideloading or other abuse techniques.
references:
- https://www.hexacorn.com/blog/2024/01/06/1-little-known-secret-of-fondue-exe/
- https://www.hexacorn.com/blog/2024/01/01/1-little-known-secret-of-hdwwiz-exe/
- https://github.com/mhaskar/FsquirtCPLPoC
- https://securelist.com/sidewinder-apt/114089/
author: Anish Bogati
date: 2024-01-09
modified: 2026-02-17
tags:
- attack.defense-evasion
- attack.persistence
- attack.privilege-escalation
- attack.t1574.001
logsource:
product: windows
category: image_load
detection:
selection:
ImageLoaded|endswith:
- '\appwiz.cpl' # Usually loaded by fondue.exe
- '\bthprops.cpl' # Usually loaded by fsquirt.exe
- '\hdwwiz.cpl' # Usually loaded by hdwwiz.exe
filter_main_legit_location:
ImageLoaded|startswith:
- 'C:\Windows\Prefetch\'
- 'C:\Windows\System32\'
- 'C:\Windows\SysWOW64\'
- 'C:\Windows\WinSxS\'
condition: selection and not 1 of filter_main_*
falsepositives:
- Unknown
level: high
regression_tests_path: regression_data/rules/windows/image_load/image_load_side_load_cpl_from_non_system_location/info.yml
CLI command
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sigma convert --without-pipeline -t splunk -f default rules/windows/image_load/image_load_side_load_cpl_from_non_system_location.yml