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Potentially Suspicious Regsvr32 HTTP IP Pattern
Detects regsvr32 execution to download and install DLLs located remotely where the address is an IP address.
Detection Query
selection_img:
- Image|endswith: \regsvr32.exe
- OriginalFileName: REGSVR32.EXE
selection_ip:
CommandLine|contains:
- " /i:http://1"
- " /i:http://2"
- " /i:http://3"
- " /i:http://4"
- " /i:http://5"
- " /i:http://6"
- " /i:http://7"
- " /i:http://8"
- " /i:http://9"
- " /i:https://1"
- " /i:https://2"
- " /i:https://3"
- " /i:https://4"
- " /i:https://5"
- " /i:https://6"
- " /i:https://7"
- " /i:https://8"
- " /i:https://9"
- " -i:http://1"
- " -i:http://2"
- " -i:http://3"
- " -i:http://4"
- " -i:http://5"
- " -i:http://6"
- " -i:http://7"
- " -i:http://8"
- " -i:http://9"
- " -i:https://1"
- " -i:https://2"
- " -i:https://3"
- " -i:https://4"
- " -i:https://5"
- " -i:https://6"
- " -i:https://7"
- " -i:https://8"
- " -i:https://9"
condition: all of selection_*
Author
Florian Roth (Nextron Systems)
Created
2022-01-11
Data Sources
windowsProcess Creation Events
Platforms
windows
References
Tags
attack.defense-evasionattack.t1218.010
Raw Content
title: Potentially Suspicious Regsvr32 HTTP IP Pattern
id: 2dd2c217-bf68-437a-b57c-fe9fd01d5de8
status: test
description: Detects regsvr32 execution to download and install DLLs located remotely where the address is an IP address.
references:
- https://twitter.com/mrd0x/status/1461041276514623491
- https://twitter.com/tccontre18/status/1480950986650832903
- https://lolbas-project.github.io/lolbas/Binaries/Regsvr32/
author: Florian Roth (Nextron Systems)
date: 2022-01-11
modified: 2023-05-24
tags:
- attack.defense-evasion
- attack.t1218.010
logsource:
category: process_creation
product: windows
detection:
selection_img:
- Image|endswith: '\regsvr32.exe'
- OriginalFileName: 'REGSVR32.EXE'
selection_ip:
CommandLine|contains:
- ' /i:http://1'
- ' /i:http://2'
- ' /i:http://3'
- ' /i:http://4'
- ' /i:http://5'
- ' /i:http://6'
- ' /i:http://7'
- ' /i:http://8'
- ' /i:http://9'
- ' /i:https://1'
- ' /i:https://2'
- ' /i:https://3'
- ' /i:https://4'
- ' /i:https://5'
- ' /i:https://6'
- ' /i:https://7'
- ' /i:https://8'
- ' /i:https://9'
- ' -i:http://1'
- ' -i:http://2'
- ' -i:http://3'
- ' -i:http://4'
- ' -i:http://5'
- ' -i:http://6'
- ' -i:http://7'
- ' -i:http://8'
- ' -i:http://9'
- ' -i:https://1'
- ' -i:https://2'
- ' -i:https://3'
- ' -i:https://4'
- ' -i:https://5'
- ' -i:https://6'
- ' -i:https://7'
- ' -i:https://8'
- ' -i:https://9'
condition: all of selection_*
falsepositives:
- FQDNs that start with a number such as "7-Zip"
level: high