Detection rules › Sigma

DLL Names Used By SVR For GraphicalProton Backdoor

Status
test
Severity
medium
Log source
product windows, category image_load
Author
CISA
Source
github.com/SigmaHQ/sigma

Hunts known SVR-specific DLL names.

MITRE ATT&CK coverage

Event coverage

ProviderEventTitle
SysmonEvent ID 7Image loaded

Rule body yaml

title: DLL Names Used By SVR For GraphicalProton Backdoor
id: e64c8ef3-9f98-40c8-b71e-96110991cb4c
status: test
description: Hunts known SVR-specific DLL names.
references:
    - https://www.cisa.gov/news-events/cybersecurity-advisories/aa23-347a
author: CISA
date: 2023-12-18
tags:
    - attack.persistence
    - attack.privilege-escalation
    - attack.execution
    - attack.stealth
    - attack.t1574.001
    - detection.emerging-threats
logsource:
    category: image_load
    product: windows
detection:
    selection:
        ImageLoaded|endswith:
            - '\AclNumsInvertHost.dll'
            - '\AddressResourcesSpec.dll'
            - '\BlendMonitorStringBuild.dll'
            - '\ChildPaletteConnected.dll'
            - '\DeregisterSeekUsers.dll'
            - '\HandleFrequencyAll.dll'
            - '\HardSwapColor.dll'
            - '\LengthInMemoryActivate.dll'
            - '\ModeBitmapNumericAnimate.dll'
            - '\ModeFolderSignMove.dll'
            - '\ParametersNamesPopup.dll'
            - '\PerformanceCaptionApi.dll'
            - '\ScrollbarHandleGet.dll'
            - '\UnregisterAncestorAppendAuto.dll'
            - '\WowIcmpRemoveReg.dll'
    condition: selection
falsepositives:
    - Unknown
level: medium

Stages and Predicates

Stage 0: condition

selection

Stage 1: selection

selection:
    ImageLoaded|endswith:
        - '\AclNumsInvertHost.dll'
        - '\AddressResourcesSpec.dll'
        - '\BlendMonitorStringBuild.dll'
        - '\ChildPaletteConnected.dll'
        - '\DeregisterSeekUsers.dll'
        - '\HandleFrequencyAll.dll'
        - '\HardSwapColor.dll'
        - '\LengthInMemoryActivate.dll'
        - '\ModeBitmapNumericAnimate.dll'
        - '\ModeFolderSignMove.dll'
        - '\ParametersNamesPopup.dll'
        - '\PerformanceCaptionApi.dll'
        - '\ScrollbarHandleGet.dll'
        - '\UnregisterAncestorAppendAuto.dll'
        - '\WowIcmpRemoveReg.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.

FieldKindValues
ImageLoadedends_with
  • \AclNumsInvertHost.dll
  • \AddressResourcesSpec.dll
  • \BlendMonitorStringBuild.dll
  • \ChildPaletteConnected.dll
  • \DeregisterSeekUsers.dll
  • \HandleFrequencyAll.dll
  • \HardSwapColor.dll
  • \LengthInMemoryActivate.dll
  • \ModeBitmapNumericAnimate.dll
  • \ModeFolderSignMove.dll
  • \ParametersNamesPopup.dll
  • \PerformanceCaptionApi.dll
  • \ScrollbarHandleGet.dll
  • \UnregisterAncestorAppendAuto.dll
  • \WowIcmpRemoveReg.dll