Detection rules › Sigma
Suspicious Driver/DLL Installation Via Odbcconf.EXE
Detects execution of "odbcconf" with the "INSTALLDRIVER" action where the driver doesn't contain a ".dll" extension. This is often used as a defense evasion method.
MITRE ATT&CK coverage
| Tactic | Techniques |
|---|---|
| Defense Evasion | T1218.008 System Binary Proxy Execution: Odbcconf |
Event coverage
| Provider | Event ID | Title |
|---|---|---|
| Sysmon | 1 | Process creation |
Stages and Predicates
Stage 1: all of selection_img
or:
Image|endswith: '\odbcconf.exe'
OriginalFileName: odbcconf.exe
Stage 2: all of selection_cli
CommandLine|contains: 'INSTALLDRIVER '
Stage 3: not 1 of filter_main_dll_ext
CommandLine|contains: .dll
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 |
|
Image | ends_with |
|
OriginalFileName | eq |
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