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Injected Browser Process Spawning Rundll32 - GuLoader Activity

Status
test
Severity
high
Log source
product windows, category process_creation
Author
@kostastsale
Source
github.com/SigmaHQ/sigma

Detects the execution of installed GuLoader malware on the host. GuLoader is initiating network connections via the rundll32.exe process that is spawned via a browser parent(injected) process.

MITRE ATT&CK coverage

TacticTechniques
Privilege EscalationT1055 Process Injection
StealthT1055 Process Injection

Event coverage

Rule body yaml

title: Injected Browser Process Spawning Rundll32 - GuLoader Activity
id: 89e1490f-1a3e-452a-bbb8-b68a5f58072f
status: test
description: |
    Detects the execution of installed GuLoader malware on the host.
    GuLoader is initiating network connections via the rundll32.exe process that is spawned via a browser parent(injected) process.
references:
    - Internal Research
author: '@kostastsale'
date: 2023-08-07
tags:
    - attack.privilege-escalation
    - attack.stealth
    - attack.t1055
    - detection.emerging-threats
logsource:
    category: process_creation
    product: windows
detection:
    selection:
        ParentImage|endswith:
            - '\chrome.exe'
            - '\firefox.exe'
            - '\msedge.exe'
        Image|endswith: '\rundll32.exe'
        CommandLine|endswith: '\rundll32.exe'
    condition: selection
falsepositives:
    - Unlikely
level: high

Stages and Predicates

Stage 0: condition

selection

Stage 1: selection

selection:
    ParentImage|endswith:
        - '\chrome.exe'
        - '\firefox.exe'
        - '\msedge.exe'
    Image|endswith: '\rundll32.exe'
    CommandLine|endswith: '\rundll32.exe'

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
CommandLineends_with
  • \rundll32.exe corpus 3 (sigma 3)
Imageends_with
  • \rundll32.exe corpus 95 (sigma 95)
ParentImageends_with
  • \chrome.exe corpus 5 (sigma 5)
  • \firefox.exe corpus 4 (sigma 4)
  • \msedge.exe corpus 4 (sigma 4)