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Process Memory Dump Via Comsvcs.DLL
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Splunk SPL & tstats data model queries
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Process Memory Dump Via Comsvcs.DLL
Using Splunk · Default · sigma-cli 2.0.2
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BackendSplunkFormatDefaultVersion2.0.2
title: Process Memory Dump Via Comsvcs.DLL
id: 646ea171-dded-4578-8a4d-65e9822892e3
related:
- id: 09e6d5c0-05b8-4ff8-9eeb-043046ec774c
type: obsolete
status: test
description: Detects a process memory dump via "comsvcs.dll" using rundll32, covering multiple different techniques (ordinal, minidump function, etc.)
references:
- https://twitter.com/shantanukhande/status/1229348874298388484
- https://twitter.com/pythonresponder/status/1385064506049630211?s=21
- https://twitter.com/Hexacorn/status/1224848930795552769
- https://modexp.wordpress.com/2019/08/30/minidumpwritedump-via-com-services-dll/
- https://twitter.com/SBousseaden/status/1167417096374050817
- https://twitter.com/Wietze/status/1542107456507203586
- https://github.com/Hackndo/lsassy/blob/14d8f8ae596ecf22b449bfe919829173b8a07635/lsassy/dumpmethod/comsvcs.py
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=52tAmVLg1KM&t=2070s
author: Florian Roth (Nextron Systems), Modexp, Nasreddine Bencherchali (Nextron Systems), Swachchhanda Shrawan Poudel (Nextron Systems)
date: 2020-02-18
modified: 2025-02-23
tags:
- attack.defense-evasion
- attack.credential-access
- attack.t1036
- attack.t1003.001
- car.2013-05-009
logsource:
category: process_creation
product: windows
detection:
selection_img:
- Image|endswith: '\rundll32.exe'
- OriginalFileName: 'RUNDLL32.EXE'
- CommandLine|contains: 'rundll32'
selection_cli_1:
CommandLine|contains|all:
- 'comsvcs'
- 'full'
CommandLine|contains:
- '#-'
- '#+'
- '#24'
- '24 '
- 'MiniDump' # Matches MiniDump and MinidumpW
- '#65560' # ordinal is 16 bit ordinal, so if you make the number large enough (don't fit in 16 bit space), then it normally wraps around. for e.g ordinal 24 can be also represented by 65560 (65536+24)
selection_generic:
CommandLine|contains|all:
- '24'
- 'comsvcs'
- 'full'
CommandLine|contains:
- ' #'
- ',#'
- ', #'
- '"#'
condition: (selection_img and 1 of selection_cli_*) or selection_generic
falsepositives:
- Unlikely
level: high
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sigma convert --without-pipeline -t splunk -f default rules/windows/process_creation/proc_creation_win_rundll32_process_dump_via_comsvcs.yml