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Sigma Rules

1,585 rules found for "defense-evasion"

3,707Total
3,116Detection
451Emerging
137Hunting
Detectionmediumtest

Potential CCleanerDU.DLL Sideloading

Detects potential DLL sideloading of "CCleanerDU.dll"

WindowsImage Load (DLL)
TA0005 · Defense EvasionTA0003 · PersistenceTA0004 · Privilege EscalationT1574.001 · DLL Search Order Hijacking
X__Junior (Nextron Systems)Thu Jul 13windows
Detectionmediumtest

Potential CCleanerReactivator.DLL Sideloading

Detects potential DLL sideloading of "CCleanerReactivator.dll"

WindowsImage Load (DLL)
TA0005 · Defense EvasionTA0003 · PersistenceTA0004 · Privilege EscalationT1574.001 · DLL Search Order Hijacking
X__JuniorThu Jul 13windows
Detectionmediumtest

Potential Chrome Frame Helper DLL Sideloading

Detects potential DLL sideloading of "chrome_frame_helper.dll"

WindowsImage Load (DLL)
TA0005 · Defense EvasionTA0003 · PersistenceTA0004 · Privilege EscalationT1574.001 · DLL Search Order Hijacking
Nasreddine Bencherchali (Nextron Systems)+1Wed Aug 17windows
Detectionmediumtest

Potential DLL Sideloading Via ClassicExplorer32.dll

Detects potential DLL sideloading using ClassicExplorer32.dll from the Classic Shell software

WindowsImage Load (DLL)
TA0005 · Defense EvasionTA0003 · PersistenceTA0004 · Privilege EscalationT1574.001 · DLL Search Order Hijacking
François HubautTue Dec 13windows
Detectionhightest

Potential DLL Sideloading Via comctl32.dll

Detects potential DLL sideloading using comctl32.dll to obtain system privileges

WindowsImage Load (DLL)
TA0005 · Defense EvasionTA0003 · PersistenceTA0004 · Privilege EscalationT1574.001 · DLL Search Order Hijacking
Nasreddine Bencherchali (Nextron Systems)+1Fri Dec 16windows
Detectionmediumtest

Potential DLL Sideloading Using Coregen.exe

Detect usage of the "coregen.exe" (Microsoft CoreCLR Native Image Generator) binary to sideload arbitrary DLLs.

WindowsImage Load (DLL)
TA0004 · Privilege EscalationTA0005 · Defense EvasionT1218 · System Binary Proxy ExecutionT1055 · Process Injection
François HubautSat Dec 31windows
Detectionhightest

System Control Panel Item Loaded From Uncommon Location

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.

WindowsImage Load (DLL)
TA0005 · Defense EvasionTA0003 · PersistenceTA0004 · Privilege EscalationT1574.001 · DLL Search Order Hijacking
Anish BogatiTue Jan 09windows
Detectionmediumtest

Potential DLL Sideloading Of DBGCORE.DLL

Detects DLL sideloading of "dbgcore.dll"

WindowsImage Load (DLL)
TA0005 · Defense EvasionTA0003 · PersistenceTA0004 · Privilege EscalationT1574.001 · DLL Search Order Hijacking
Nasreddine Bencherchali (Nextron Systems)+1Tue Oct 25windows
Detectionmediumtest

Potential DLL Sideloading Of DBGHELP.DLL

Detects potential DLL sideloading of "dbghelp.dll"

WindowsImage Load (DLL)
TA0005 · Defense EvasionTA0003 · PersistenceTA0004 · Privilege EscalationT1574.001 · DLL Search Order Hijacking
Nasreddine Bencherchali (Nextron Systems)+1Tue Oct 25windows
Detectionmediumtest

Potential DLL Sideloading Of DbgModel.DLL

Detects potential DLL sideloading of "DbgModel.dll"

WindowsImage Load (DLL)
TA0004 · Privilege EscalationTA0003 · PersistenceTA0005 · Defense EvasionT1574.001 · DLL Search Order Hijacking
Gary LobermierThu Jul 11windows
Detectionhightest

Potential EACore.DLL Sideloading

Detects potential DLL sideloading of "EACore.dll"

WindowsImage Load (DLL)
TA0003 · PersistenceTA0005 · Defense EvasionTA0004 · Privilege EscalationT1574.001 · DLL Search Order Hijacking
X__Junior (Nextron Systems)Thu Aug 03windows
Detectionhightest

Potential Edputil.DLL Sideloading

Detects potential DLL sideloading of "edputil.dll"

WindowsImage Load (DLL)
TA0003 · PersistenceTA0005 · Defense EvasionTA0004 · Privilege EscalationT1574.001 · DLL Search Order Hijacking
X__Junior (Nextron Systems)Fri Jun 09windows
Detectionhightest

Potential System DLL Sideloading From Non System Locations

Detects DLL sideloading of DLLs usually located in system locations (System32, SysWOW64, etc.).

WindowsImage Load (DLL)
TA0005 · Defense EvasionTA0003 · PersistenceTA0004 · Privilege EscalationT1574.001 · DLL Search Order Hijacking
Nasreddine Bencherchali (Nextron Systems)Sun Aug 14windows
Detectionmediumtest

Potential Goopdate.DLL Sideloading

Detects potential DLL sideloading of "goopdate.dll", a DLL used by googleupdate.exe

WindowsImage Load (DLL)
TA0003 · PersistenceTA0005 · Defense EvasionTA0004 · Privilege EscalationT1574.001 · DLL Search Order Hijacking
X__Junior (Nextron Systems)+1Mon May 15windows
Detectionmediumtest

Potential DLL Sideloading Of Libcurl.DLL Via GUP.EXE

Detects potential DLL sideloading of "libcurl.dll" by the "gup.exe" process from an uncommon location

WindowsImage Load (DLL)
TA0005 · Defense EvasionTA0003 · PersistenceTA0004 · Privilege EscalationT1574.001 · DLL Search Order Hijacking
Nasreddine Bencherchali (Nextron Systems)Fri May 05windows
Detectionhightest

Potential Iviewers.DLL Sideloading

Detects potential DLL sideloading of "iviewers.dll" (OLE/COM Object Interface Viewer)

WindowsImage Load (DLL)
TA0003 · PersistenceTA0005 · Defense EvasionTA0004 · Privilege EscalationT1574.001 · DLL Search Order Hijacking
X__Junior (Nextron Systems)Tue Mar 21windows
Detectionhighexperimental

Potential JLI.dll Side-Loading

Detects potential DLL side-loading of jli.dll. JLI.dll has been observed being side-loaded by Java processes by various threat actors, including APT41, XWorm, and others in order to load malicious payloads in context of legitimate Java processes.

WindowsImage Load (DLL)
TA0005 · Defense EvasionTA0003 · PersistenceTA0004 · Privilege EscalationT1574.001 · DLL Search Order Hijacking
Swachchhanda Shrawan Poudel (Nextron Systems)Fri Jul 25windows
Detectionmediumtest

Potential DLL Sideloading Via JsSchHlp

Detects potential DLL sideloading using JUSTSYSTEMS Japanese word processor

WindowsImage Load (DLL)
TA0005 · Defense EvasionTA0003 · PersistenceTA0004 · Privilege EscalationT1574.001 · DLL Search Order Hijacking
François HubautWed Dec 14windows
Detectionhightest

Potential DLL Sideloading Of KeyScramblerIE.DLL Via KeyScrambler.EXE

Detects potential DLL side loading of "KeyScramblerIE.dll" by "KeyScrambler.exe". Various threat actors and malware have been found side loading a masqueraded "KeyScramblerIE.dll" through "KeyScrambler.exe".

WindowsImage Load (DLL)
TA0003 · PersistenceTA0005 · Defense EvasionTA0004 · Privilege EscalationT1574.001 · DLL Search Order Hijacking
Swachchhanda Shrawan PoudelMon Apr 15windows
Detectionmediumtest

Potential Libvlc.DLL Sideloading

Detects potential DLL sideloading of "libvlc.dll", a DLL that is legitimately used by "VLC.exe"

WindowsImage Load (DLL)
TA0005 · Defense EvasionTA0003 · PersistenceTA0004 · Privilege EscalationT1574.001 · DLL Search Order Hijacking
X__JuniorMon Apr 17windows
Detectionmediumtest

Potential Mfdetours.DLL Sideloading

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.

WindowsImage Load (DLL)
TA0003 · PersistenceTA0005 · Defense EvasionTA0004 · Privilege EscalationT1574.001 · DLL Search Order Hijacking
Nasreddine Bencherchali (Nextron Systems)Thu Aug 03windows
Detectionhightest

Unsigned Mfdetours.DLL Sideloading

Detects DLL sideloading of unsigned "mfdetours.dll". Executing "mftrace.exe" can be abused to attach to an arbitrary process and force load any DLL named "mfdetours.dll" from the current directory of execution.

WindowsImage Load (DLL)
TA0003 · PersistenceTA0005 · Defense EvasionTA0004 · Privilege EscalationT1574.001 · DLL Search Order Hijacking
Nasreddine Bencherchali (Nextron Systems)Fri Aug 11windows
Detectionmediumtest

Potential DLL Sideloading Of MpSvc.DLL

Detects potential DLL sideloading of "MpSvc.dll".

WindowsImage Load (DLL)
TA0004 · Privilege EscalationTA0003 · PersistenceTA0005 · Defense EvasionT1574.001 · DLL Search Order Hijacking
Nasreddine Bencherchali (Nextron Systems)+1Thu Jul 11windows
Detectionmediumtest

Potential DLL Sideloading Of MsCorSvc.DLL

Detects potential DLL sideloading of "mscorsvc.dll".

WindowsImage Load (DLL)
TA0004 · Privilege EscalationTA0003 · PersistenceTA0005 · Defense EvasionT1574.001 · DLL Search Order Hijacking
Wietze BeukemaThu Jul 11windows
Detectionhightest

Potential DLL Sideloading Of Non-Existent DLLs From System Folders

Detects loading of specific system DLL files that are usually not present on the system (or at least not in system directories) but may be loaded by legitimate processes, potentially indicating phantom DLL hijacking attempts. Phantom DLL hijacking involves placing malicious DLLs with names of non-existent system binaries in locations where legitimate applications may search for them, leading to execution of the malicious DLLs.

WindowsImage Load (DLL)
TA0005 · Defense EvasionTA0003 · PersistenceTA0004 · Privilege EscalationT1574.001 · DLL Search Order Hijacking
Nasreddine Bencherchali (Nextron Systems)+1Fri Dec 09windows
Detectionhightest

Microsoft Office DLL Sideload

Detects DLL sideloading of DLLs that are part of Microsoft Office from non standard location

WindowsImage Load (DLL)
TA0005 · Defense EvasionTA0003 · PersistenceTA0004 · Privilege EscalationT1574.001 · DLL Search Order Hijacking
Nasreddine Bencherchali (Nextron Systems)+1Wed Aug 17windows
Detectionmediumtest

Potential Python DLL SideLoading

Detects potential DLL sideloading of Python DLL files.

WindowsImage Load (DLL)
TA0004 · Privilege EscalationTA0003 · PersistenceTA0005 · Defense EvasionT1574.001 · DLL Search Order Hijacking
Swachchhanda Shrawan PoudelSun Oct 06windows
Detectionhightest

Potential Rcdll.DLL Sideloading

Detects potential DLL sideloading of rcdll.dll

WindowsImage Load (DLL)
TA0003 · PersistenceTA0005 · Defense EvasionTA0004 · Privilege EscalationT1574.001 · DLL Search Order Hijacking
X__Junior (Nextron Systems)Mon Mar 13windows
Detectionmediumtest

Potential RjvPlatform.DLL Sideloading From Default Location

Detects loading of "RjvPlatform.dll" by the "SystemResetPlatform.exe" binary which can be abused as a method of DLL side loading since the "$SysReset" directory isn't created by default.

WindowsImage Load (DLL)
TA0003 · PersistenceTA0005 · Defense EvasionTA0004 · Privilege EscalationT1574.001 · DLL Search Order Hijacking
X__Junior (Nextron Systems)Fri Jun 09windows
Detectionhightest

Potential RjvPlatform.DLL Sideloading From Non-Default Location

Detects potential DLL sideloading of "RjvPlatform.dll" by "SystemResetPlatform.exe" located in a non-default location.

WindowsImage Load (DLL)
TA0003 · PersistenceTA0005 · Defense EvasionTA0004 · Privilege EscalationT1574.001 · DLL Search Order Hijacking
X__Junior (Nextron Systems)Fri Jun 09windows
Detectionmediumtest

Potential RoboForm.DLL Sideloading

Detects potential DLL sideloading of "roboform.dll", a DLL used by RoboForm Password Manager

WindowsImage Load (DLL)
TA0003 · PersistenceTA0005 · Defense EvasionTA0004 · Privilege EscalationT1574.001 · DLL Search Order Hijacking
X__Junior (Nextron Systems)+1Sun May 14windows
Detectionhightest

DLL Sideloading Of ShellChromeAPI.DLL

Detects processes loading the non-existent DLL "ShellChromeAPI". One known example is the "DeviceEnroller" binary in combination with the "PhoneDeepLink" flag tries to load this DLL. Adversaries can drop their own renamed DLL and execute it via DeviceEnroller.exe using this parameter

WindowsImage Load (DLL)
TA0005 · Defense EvasionTA0003 · PersistenceTA0004 · Privilege EscalationT1574.001 · DLL Search Order Hijacking
Nasreddine Bencherchali (Nextron Systems)Thu Dec 01windows
Detectionmediumtest

Potential ShellDispatch.DLL Sideloading

Detects potential DLL sideloading of "ShellDispatch.dll"

WindowsImage Load (DLL)
TA0003 · PersistenceTA0005 · Defense EvasionTA0004 · Privilege EscalationT1574.001 · DLL Search Order Hijacking
X__Junior (Nextron Systems)Tue Jun 20windows
Detectionhightest

Potential SmadHook.DLL Sideloading

Detects potential DLL sideloading of "SmadHook.dll", a DLL used by SmadAV antivirus

WindowsImage Load (DLL)
TA0003 · PersistenceTA0005 · Defense EvasionTA0004 · Privilege EscalationT1574.001 · DLL Search Order Hijacking
X__Junior (Nextron Systems)Thu Jun 01windows
Detectionmediumtest

Potential SolidPDFCreator.DLL Sideloading

Detects potential DLL sideloading of "SolidPDFCreator.dll"

WindowsImage Load (DLL)
TA0003 · PersistenceTA0005 · Defense EvasionTA0004 · Privilege EscalationT1574.001 · DLL Search Order Hijacking
X__Junior (Nextron Systems)Sun May 07windows
Detectionmediumtest

Third Party Software DLL Sideloading

Detects DLL sideloading of DLLs that are part of third party software (zoom, discord....etc)

WindowsImage Load (DLL)
TA0005 · Defense EvasionTA0003 · PersistenceTA0004 · Privilege EscalationT1574.001 · DLL Search Order Hijacking
Nasreddine Bencherchali (Nextron Systems)+1Wed Aug 17windows
Detectionhightest

Fax Service DLL Search Order Hijack

The Fax service attempts to load ualapi.dll, which is non-existent. An attacker can then (side)load their own malicious DLL using this service.

WindowsImage Load (DLL)
TA0004 · Privilege EscalationTA0003 · PersistenceTA0005 · Defense EvasionT1574.001 · DLL Search Order Hijacking
NVISOMon May 04windows
Detectionmediumtest

Potential Vivaldi_elf.DLL Sideloading

Detects potential DLL sideloading of "vivaldi_elf.dll"

WindowsImage Load (DLL)
TA0003 · PersistenceTA0005 · Defense EvasionTA0004 · Privilege EscalationT1574.001 · DLL Search Order Hijacking
X__Junior (Nextron Systems)Thu Aug 03windows
Detectionmediumtest

VMGuestLib DLL Sideload

Detects DLL sideloading of VMGuestLib.dll by the WmiApSrv service.

WindowsImage Load (DLL)
TA0005 · Defense EvasionTA0003 · PersistenceTA0004 · Privilege EscalationT1574.001 · DLL Search Order Hijacking
Nasreddine Bencherchali (Nextron Systems)Thu Dec 01windows
Detectionmediumtest

VMMap Signed Dbghelp.DLL Potential Sideloading

Detects potential DLL sideloading of a signed dbghelp.dll by the Sysinternals VMMap.

WindowsImage Load (DLL)
TA0005 · Defense EvasionTA0003 · PersistenceTA0004 · Privilege EscalationT1574.001 · DLL Search Order Hijacking
Nasreddine Bencherchali (Nextron Systems)Tue Sep 05windows
Detectionhightest

VMMap Unsigned Dbghelp.DLL Potential Sideloading

Detects potential DLL sideloading of an unsigned dbghelp.dll by the Sysinternals VMMap.

WindowsImage Load (DLL)
TA0005 · Defense EvasionTA0003 · PersistenceTA0004 · Privilege EscalationT1574.001 · DLL Search Order Hijacking
Nasreddine Bencherchali (Nextron Systems)Fri Jul 28windows
Detectionhightest

Potential DLL Sideloading Via VMware Xfer

Detects loading of a DLL by the VMware Xfer utility from the non-default directory which may be an attempt to sideload arbitrary DLL

WindowsImage Load (DLL)
TA0004 · Privilege EscalationTA0003 · PersistenceTA0005 · Defense EvasionT1574.001 · DLL Search Order Hijacking
Nasreddine Bencherchali (Nextron Systems)Tue Aug 02windows
Detectionhightest

Potential Waveedit.DLL Sideloading

Detects potential DLL sideloading of "waveedit.dll", which is part of the Nero WaveEditor audio editing software.

WindowsImage Load (DLL)
TA0003 · PersistenceTA0005 · Defense EvasionTA0004 · Privilege EscalationT1574.001 · DLL Search Order Hijacking
X__Junior (Nextron Systems)Wed Jun 14windows
Detectionmediumtest

Potential Wazuh Security Platform DLL Sideloading

Detects potential DLL side loading of DLLs that are part of the Wazuh security platform

WindowsImage Load (DLL)
TA0005 · Defense EvasionTA0003 · PersistenceTA0004 · Privilege EscalationT1574.001 · DLL Search Order Hijacking
X__Junior (Nextron Systems)Mon Mar 13windows
Detectionhightest

Potential Mpclient.DLL Sideloading

Detects potential sideloading of "mpclient.dll" by Windows Defender processes ("MpCmdRun" and "NisSrv") from their non-default directory.

WindowsImage Load (DLL)
TA0004 · Privilege EscalationTA0003 · PersistenceTA0005 · Defense EvasionT1574.001 · DLL Search Order Hijacking
Bhabesh RajTue Aug 02windows
Detectionmediumtest

Potential WWlib.DLL Sideloading

Detects potential DLL sideloading of "wwlib.dll"

WindowsImage Load (DLL)
TA0003 · PersistenceTA0005 · Defense EvasionTA0004 · Privilege EscalationT1574.001 · DLL Search Order Hijacking
X__Junior (Nextron Systems)Thu May 18windows
Detectionhighexperimental

BaaUpdate.exe Suspicious DLL Load

Detects BitLocker Access Agent Update Utility (baaupdate.exe) loading DLLs from suspicious locations that are publicly writable which could indicate an attempt to lateral movement via BitLocker DCOM & COM Hijacking. This technique abuses COM Classes configured as INTERACTIVE USER to spawn processes in the context of the logged-on user's session. Specifically, it targets the BDEUILauncher Class (CLSID ab93b6f1-be76-4185-a488-a9001b105b94) which can launch BaaUpdate.exe, which is vulnerable to COM Hijacking when started with input parameters. This allows attackers to execute code in the user's context without needing to steal credentials or use additional techniques to compromise the account.

WindowsImage Load (DLL)
TA0005 · Defense EvasionT1218 · System Binary Proxy ExecutionTA0008 · Lateral MovementT1021.003 · Distributed Component Object Model
Swachchhanda Shrawan Poudel (Nextron Systems)Sat Oct 18windows
Detectionmediumtest

Unsigned Module Loaded by ClickOnce Application

Detects unsigned module load by ClickOnce application.

WindowsImage Load (DLL)
TA0004 · Privilege EscalationTA0005 · Defense EvasionTA0003 · PersistenceT1574.001 · DLL Search Order Hijacking
@serkinvaleryThu Jun 08windows