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Potential DLL Sideloading Using Coregen.exe

Detect usage of the "coregen.exe" (Microsoft CoreCLR Native Image Generator) binary to sideload arbitrary DLLs.

MITRE ATT&CK

privilege-escalationdefense-evasion

Detection Query

selection:
  Image|endswith: \coregen.exe
filter_main_legit_paths:
  ImageLoaded|startswith:
    - C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Silverlight\
    - C:\Program Files\Microsoft Silverlight\
    - C:\Windows\System32\
    - C:\Windows\SysWOW64\
condition: selection and not 1 of filter_main_*

Author

frack113

Created

2022-12-31

Data Sources

windowsImage Load Events

Platforms

windows

References

https://lolbas-project.github.io/lolbas/OtherMSBinaries/Coregen/

Tags

attack.privilege-escalationattack.defense-evasionattack.t1218attack.t1055

Raw Content

title: Potential DLL Sideloading Using Coregen.exe
id: 0fa66f66-e3f6-4a9c-93f8-4f2610b00171
status: test
description: Detect usage of the "coregen.exe" (Microsoft CoreCLR Native Image Generator) binary to sideload arbitrary DLLs.
references:
    - https://lolbas-project.github.io/lolbas/OtherMSBinaries/Coregen/
author: frack113
date: 2022-12-31
tags:
    - attack.privilege-escalation
    - attack.defense-evasion
    - attack.t1218
    - attack.t1055
logsource:
    category: image_load
    product: windows
detection:
    selection:
        Image|endswith: '\coregen.exe'
    filter_main_legit_paths:
        ImageLoaded|startswith:
            - 'C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Silverlight\'
            - 'C:\Program Files\Microsoft Silverlight\'
            - 'C:\Windows\System32\'
            - 'C:\Windows\SysWOW64\'
    condition: selection and not 1 of filter_main_*
falsepositives:
    - Unknown
level: medium