Detection rules › Sigma
Potential Arbitrary DLL Load Using Winword
Detects potential DLL sideloading using the Microsoft Office winword process via the '/l' flag.
MITRE ATT&CK coverage
| Tactic | Techniques |
|---|---|
| Defense Evasion | T1202 Indirect Command Execution |
Event coverage
| Provider | Event ID | Title |
|---|---|---|
| Sysmon | 1 | Process creation |
Stages and Predicates
Stage 1: all of selection_img
or:
Image|endswith: '\WINWORD.exe'
OriginalFileName: WinWord.exe
Stage 2: all of selection_dll
CommandLine|contains: .dll
CommandLine|contains: '/l '
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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