Unusual Network Connection via RunDLL32
editUnusual Network Connection via RunDLL32
editIdentifies unusual instances of rundll32.exe making outbound network connections. This may indicate adversarial Command and Control activity.
Rule type: eql
Rule indices:
- winlogbeat-*
- logs-endpoint.events.*
- logs-windows.*
Severity: medium
Risk score: 47
Runs every: 5 minutes
Searches indices from: now-9m (Date Math format, see also Additional look-back time
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Maximum alerts per execution: 100
References:
Tags:
- Elastic
- Host
- Windows
- Threat Detection
- Defense Evasion
Version: 10 (version history)
Added (Elastic Stack release): 7.6.0
Last modified (Elastic Stack release): 7.14.0
Rule authors: Elastic
Rule license: Elastic License v2
Rule query
editsequence by host.id, process.entity_id with maxspan=1m [process where event.type in ("start", "process_started") and process.name : "rundll32.exe" and process.args_count == 1] [network where process.name : "rundll32.exe" and not cidrmatch(destination.ip, "10.0.0.0/8", "127.0.0.0/8", "169.254.0.0/16", "172.16.0.0/12", "192.0.0.0/24", "192.0.0.0/29", "192.0.0.8/32", "192.0.0.9/32", "192.0.0.10/32", "192.0.0.170/32", "192.0.0.171/32", "192.0.2.0/24", "192.31.196.0/24", "192.52.193.0/24", "192.168.0.0/16", "192.88.99.0/24", "224.0.0.0/4", "100.64.0.0/10", "192.175.48.0/24","198.18.0.0/15", "198.51.100.0/24", "203.0.113.0/24", "240.0.0.0/4", "::1", "FE80::/10", "FF00::/8")]
Threat mapping
editFramework: MITRE ATT&CKTM
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Tactic:
- Name: Defense Evasion
- ID: TA0005
- Reference URL: https://attack.mitre.org/tactics/TA0005/
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Technique:
- Name: Signed Binary Proxy Execution
- ID: T1218
- Reference URL: https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1218/
Rule version history
edit- Version 10 (7.14.0 release)
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Updated query, changed from:
sequence by host.id, process.entity_id with maxspan=1m [process where event.type in ("start", "process_started") and process.name : "rundll32.exe" and process.args_count == 1] [network where process.name : "rundll32.exe" and not cidrmatch(destination.ip, "10.0.0.0/8", "172.16.0.0/12", "192.168.0.0/16", "127.0.0.0/8", "FE80::/10", "::1/128")]
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- Version 9 (7.13.0 release)
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Updated query, changed from:
sequence by host.id, process.entity_id with maxspan=1m [process where event.type in ("start", "process_started", "info") and process.name : "rundll32.exe" and process.args_count == 1] [network where process.name : "rundll32.exe" and network.protocol != "dns" and network.direction == "outgoing" and not cidrmatch(destination.ip, "10.0.0.0/8", "172.16.0.0/12", "192.168.0.0/16", "127.0.0.0/8")]
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- Version 8 (7.12.0 release)
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- Formatting only
- Version 7 (7.11.0 release)
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Updated query, changed from:
sequence by process.entity_id [process where process.name : "rundll32.exe" and event.type == "start"] [network where process.name : "rundll32.exe" and not cidrmatch(destination.ip, "10.0.0.0/8", "172.16.0.0/12", "192.168.0.0/16", "127.0.0.0/8")]
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- Version 6 (7.10.0 release)
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Updated query, changed from:
event.category:network and event.type:connection and process.name:rundll32.exe and not destination.ip:(10.0.0.0/8 or 172.16.0.0/12 or 192.168.0.0/16 or 127.0.0.0/8)
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- Version 5 (7.9.1 release)
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- Formatting only
- Version 4 (7.9.0 release)
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Updated query, changed from:
process.name:rundll32.exe and event.action:"Network connection detected (rule: NetworkConnect)" and not destination.ip:(10.0.0.0/8 or 172.16.0.0/12 or 192.168.0.0/16 or 127.0.0.0/8)
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- Version 3 (7.8.0 release)
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Updated query, changed from:
process.name:rundll32.exe and event.action:"Network connection detected (rule: NetworkConnect)" and not destination.ip:(10.0.0.0/8 or 172.16.0.0/12 or 192.168.0.0/16)
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- Version 2 (7.7.0 release)
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Updated query, changed from:
process.name:rundll32.exe and event.action:"Network connection detected (rule: NetworkConnect)" and not destination.ip:10.0.0.0/8 and not destination.ip:172.16.0.0/12 and not destination.ip:192.168.0.0/16
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