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EAP service activation by Liontail framework for DLL sideloading (via command)
Detects scenarios where an attacker enable the Eaphost component in order to perform a DLL sideloading attack.
Known false positives
- Administrator activity
- VPN/IPsec server activation
- RAS/RADIUS server activation
MITRE ATT&CK coverage
| Tactic | Techniques |
|---|---|
| Privilege Escalation |
Telemetry coverage
| Provider | Record / event type |
|---|---|
| Sysmon | Event ID 1: Process creation |
| Security-Auditing | Event ID 4688: A new process has been created. |
Rule body
title: EAP service activation by Liontail framework for DLL sideloading (via command)
description: Detects scenarios where an attacker enable the Eaphost component in order to perform a DLL sideloading attack.
references:
- https://research.checkpoint.com/2023/from-albania-to-the-middle-east-the-scarred-manticore-is-listening/
- https://securelist.com/incident-response-interesting-cases-2023/113611/
tags:
- attack.privilege_escalation
- attack.t1543.003 # Create or Modify System Process: Windows Service
author: mdecrevoisier
status: stable
logsource:
product: windows
category: process_creation
detection: # sc.exe config Eaphost start=auto
selection:
Image|endswith: '\sc.exe'
CommandLine|contains|all:
- config
- Eaphost
- start
condition: selection
falsepositives:
- Administrator activity
- VPN/IPsec server activation
- RAS/RADIUS server activation
level: medium
Stages and Predicates
Stage 0: condition
selectionStage 1: selection
selection:
Image|endswith: '\sc.exe'
CommandLine|contains|all:
- config
- Eaphost
- start
Indicators
These rows show field, operator, and value matches.
| Field | Kind | Values | Search |
|---|---|---|---|
CommandLine | match |
| field:"CommandLine" kind:match |
Image | ends_with |
| field:"Image" kind:ends_with value:"\sc.exe" |