Privilege Escalation (TA0004)(opens in a new tab or window)
any where host.os.type == "windows" and
(event.category : ("driver", "library") or (event.category == "process" and event.action : "Image loaded*")) and
(
/* compatible with Elastic Endpoint Library Events */
(
?dll.name : (
"wlbsctrl.dll", "wbemcomn.dll", "WptsExtensions.dll", "Tsmsisrv.dll", "TSVIPSrv.dll", "Msfte.dll",
"wow64log.dll", "WindowsCoreDeviceInfo.dll", "Ualapi.dll", "wlanhlp.dll", "phoneinfo.dll", "EdgeGdi.dll",
"cdpsgshims.dll", "windowsperformancerecordercontrol.dll", "diagtrack_win.dll", "TPPCOIPW32.dll",
"tpgenlic.dll", "thinmon.dll", "fxsst.dll", "msTracer.dll"
)
and (
?dll.code_signature.trusted != true or
?dll.code_signature.exists != true or
(
dll.code_signature.trusted == true and
not dll.code_signature.subject_name : ("Microsoft Windows", "Microsoft Corporation", "Microsoft Windows Publisher")
)
) or
/* oci.dll is too noisy due to unsigned Oracle related DLL loaded from random dirs */
(
(?dll.path : "?:\\Windows\\*\\oci.dll" and process.executable : "?:\\Windows\\*.exe" and
(?dll.code_signature.trusted != true or ?dll.code_signature.exists != true)) or
(file.path : "?:\\Windows\\*\\oci.dll" and not file.code_signature.status == "Valid" and process.executable : "?:\\Windows\\*.exe")
) or
/* compatible with Sysmon EventID 7 - Image Load */
(file.name : ("wlbsctrl.dll", "wbemcomn.dll", "WptsExtensions.dll", "Tsmsisrv.dll", "TSVIPSrv.dll", "Msfte.dll",
"wow64log.dll", "WindowsCoreDeviceInfo.dll", "Ualapi.dll", "wlanhlp.dll", "phoneinfo.dll", "EdgeGdi.dll",
"cdpsgshims.dll", "windowsperformancerecordercontrol.dll", "diagtrack_win.dll", "TPPCOIPW32.dll",
"tpgenlic.dll", "thinmon.dll", "fxsst.dll", "msTracer.dll") and
not file.hash.sha256 :
("6e837794fc282446906c36d681958f2f6212043fc117c716936920be166a700f",
"b14e4954e8cca060ffeb57f2458b6a3a39c7d2f27e94391cbcea5387652f21a4",
"c258d90acd006fa109dc6b748008edbb196d6168bc75ace0de0de54a4db46662") and
not file.code_signature.status == "Valid")
) and
not
(
?dll.path : (
"?:\\Windows\\System32\\wbemcomn.dll",
"?:\\Windows\\SysWOW64\\wbemcomn.dll",
"?:\\Windows\\System32\\windowsperformancerecordercontrol.dll",
"?:\\Windows\\System32\\wlanhlp.dll",
"\\Device\\HarddiskVolume?\\Windows\\SysWOW64\\wbemcomn.dll",
"\\Device\\HarddiskVolume?\\Windows\\System32\\wbemcomn.dll",
"\\Device\\HarddiskVolume?\\Windows\\SysWOW64\\wlanhlp.dll",
"\\Device\\HarddiskVolume?\\Windows\\System32\\wlanhlp.dll",
"\\Device\\HarddiskVolume?\\Windows\\SysWOW64\\windowsperformancerecordercontrol.dll",
"\\Device\\HarddiskVolume?\\Windows\\System32\\windowsperformancerecordercontrol.dll",
"C:\\ProgramData\\docker\\windowsfilter\\*\\Files\\Windows\\System32\\windowsperformancerecordercontrol.dll",
"C:\\ProgramData\\docker\\windowsfilter\\*\\Files\\Windows\\System32\\windowsperformancerecordercontrol.dll",
"\\Device\\vmsmb\\VSMB-{*}\\os\\windows\\system32\\*.dll"
) or
file.path : (
"?:\\Windows\\System32\\wbemcomn.dll",
"?:\\Windows\\SysWOW64\\wbemcomn.dll",
"?:\\Windows\\System32\\windowsperformancerecordercontrol.dll",
"?:\\Windows\\System32\\wlanhlp.dll",
"C:\\ProgramData\\docker\\windowsfilter\\*\\Files\\Windows\\System32\\windowsperformancerecordercontrol.dll",
"C:\\ProgramData\\docker\\windowsfilter\\*\\Files\\Windows\\System32\\wbemcomn.dll",
"\\Device\\vmsmb\\VSMB-{*}\\os\\windows\\system32\\*.dll"
)
)
)
Install detection rules in Elastic Security
Detect Suspicious DLL Loaded for Persistence or Privilege Escalation in the Elastic Security detection engine by installing this rule into your Elastic Stack.
To setup this rule, check out the installation guide for Prebuilt Security Detection Rules(opens in a new tab or window).