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Potential appverifUI.DLL Sideloading
Detects potential DLL sideloading of "appverifUI.dll"
MITRE ATT&CK coverage
| Tactic | Techniques |
|---|---|
| Execution | T1574.001 Hijack Execution Flow: DLL |
| Stealth | T1574.001 Hijack Execution Flow: DLL |
Event coverage
| Provider | Event | Title |
|---|---|---|
| Sysmon | Event ID 7 | Image loaded |
Rule body yaml
title: Potential appverifUI.DLL Sideloading
id: ee6cea48-c5b6-4304-a332-10fc6446f484
status: test
description: Detects potential DLL sideloading of "appverifUI.dll"
references:
- https://web.archive.org/web/20220519091349/https://fatrodzianko.com/2020/02/15/dll-side-loading-appverif-exe/
author: X__Junior (Nextron Systems)
date: 2023-06-20
tags:
- attack.persistence
- attack.privilege-escalation
- attack.execution
- attack.stealth
- attack.t1574.001
logsource:
category: image_load
product: windows
detection:
selection:
ImageLoaded|endswith: '\appverifUI.dll'
filter_main_legit_path:
Image:
- 'C:\Windows\SysWOW64\appverif.exe'
- 'C:\Windows\System32\appverif.exe'
ImageLoaded|startswith:
- 'C:\Windows\System32\'
- 'C:\Windows\SysWOW64\'
- 'C:\Windows\WinSxS\'
condition: selection and not 1 of filter_main_*
falsepositives:
- Unlikely
level: high
Stages and Predicates
Stage 0: condition
selection and not 1 of filter_main_*Stage 1: selection
selection:
ImageLoaded|endswith: '\appverifUI.dll'
Stage 2: not filter_main_legit_path
filter_main_legit_path:
Image:
- 'C:\Windows\SysWOW64\appverif.exe'
- 'C:\Windows\System32\appverif.exe'
ImageLoaded|startswith:
- 'C:\Windows\System32\'
- 'C:\Windows\SysWOW64\'
- 'C:\Windows\WinSxS\'
Exclusions
Top-level NOT(...) conjuncts: predicates this rule actively suppresses.
| Field | Kind | Excluded values |
|---|---|---|
Image | eq | C:\Windows\SysWOW64\appverif.exe |
Image | eq | C:\Windows\System32\appverif.exe |
ImageLoaded | starts_with | C:\Windows\SysWOW64\ |
ImageLoaded | starts_with | C:\Windows\System32\ |
ImageLoaded | starts_with | C:\Windows\WinSxS\ |
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 |
|---|---|---|
ImageLoaded | ends_with |
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