Detection rules › Sigma

Invoke-Obfuscation Via Use Rundll32 - PowerShell Module

Severity
high
Author
Nikita Nazarov, oscd.community
Source
upstream

Detects Obfuscated Powershell via use Rundll32 in Scripts

MITRE ATT&CK coverage

TacticTechniques
ExecutionT1059.001 Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
Defense EvasionT1027 Obfuscated Files or Information

Event coverage

ProviderEvent IDTitle
PowerShell4103Payload Context: ContextInfo User Data: UserData.

Stages and Predicates

Stage 1: selection_4103

or:
Payload|contains: comspec
Payload|contains: iex
Payload|contains: invoke
Payload|contains: value
Payload|contains: '&&'
Payload|contains: rundll32
Payload|contains: shell32.dll
Payload|contains: shellexec_rundll

Indicators

Each row is a field, operator, and value that the rule matches. The corpus column counts how many other rules in the catalog look for the same combination: high numbers point to widely-used, community-vetted indicators. Blank or 1 shows that the indicator is specific to this rule.

FieldKindValues
Payloadmatch
  • && corpus 2 (sigma 2)
  • comspec
  • iex
  • invoke
  • rundll32
  • shell32.dll corpus 2 (sigma 2)
  • shellexec_rundll corpus 2 (sigma 2)
  • value