Detection rules › Sigma
Mavinject Inject DLL Into Running Process
Detects process injection using the signed Windows tool "Mavinject" via the "INJECTRUNNING" flag
MITRE ATT&CK coverage
| Tactic | Techniques |
|---|---|
| Privilege Escalation | T1055.001 Process Injection: Dynamic-link Library Injection |
| Defense Evasion | T1055.001 Process Injection: Dynamic-link Library Injection, T1218.013 System Binary Proxy Execution: Mavinject |
Event coverage
| Provider | Event ID | Title |
|---|---|---|
| Sysmon | 1 | Process creation |
| Security-Auditing | 4688 | A new process has been created. |
Stages and Predicates
Stage 1: selection
CommandLine|contains: ' /INJECTRUNNING '
Stage 2: not filter
ParentImage: 'C:\Windows\System32\AppVClient.exe'
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.
| Field | Kind | Values |
|---|---|---|
CommandLine | match |
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ParentImage | eq |
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