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Indexed Rules

3,707

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Backends

17

Live from sigconverter.io

CLI Versions

10

Newest: 2.0.2

Translation Workspace

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Active Rule

RunDLL32 Spawning Explorer

Target Profile

Splunk

Splunk SPL & tstats data model queries

Format Mode

Default

Plain SPL queries

Conversion Output

RunDLL32 Spawning Explorer

Using Splunk · Default · sigma-cli 2.0.2

Translation controls

Adjust the rule on the left, then regenerate when you want a fresh backend-native query.

BackendSplunkFormatDefaultVersion2.0.2
title: RunDLL32 Spawning Explorer
id: caa06de8-fdef-4c91-826a-7f9e163eef4b
status: test
description: Detects RunDLL32.exe spawning explorer.exe as child, which is very uncommon, often observes Gamarue spawning the explorer.exe process in an unusual way
references:
    - https://redcanary.com/blog/intelligence-insights-november-2021/
author: elhoim, CD_ROM_
date: 2022-04-27
modified: 2022-05-25
tags:
    - attack.defense-evasion
    - attack.t1218.011
logsource:
    category: process_creation
    product: windows
detection:
    selection:
        ParentImage|endswith: '\rundll32.exe'
        Image|endswith: '\explorer.exe'
    filter:
        ParentCommandLine|contains: '\shell32.dll,Control_RunDLL'
    condition: selection and not filter
falsepositives:
    - Unknown
level: high

CLI command

Copy the exact command to reproduce this translation locally.

sigma convert --without-pipeline -t splunk -f default rules/windows/process_creation/proc_creation_win_rundll32_spawn_explorer.yml