Diamond Sleet APT DLL Sideloading Indicators

 1title: Diamond Sleet APT DLL Sideloading Indicators
 2id: d1b65d98-37d7-4ff6-b139-2d87c1af3042
 3status: test
 4description: Detects DLL sideloading activity seen used by Diamond Sleet APT
 5references:
 6    - https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/security/blog/2023/10/18/multiple-north-korean-threat-actors-exploiting-the-teamcity-cve-2023-42793-vulnerability/
 7author: Nasreddine Bencherchali (Nextron Systems)
 8date: 2023-10-24
 9tags:
10    - attack.defense-evasion
11    - attack.persistence
12    - attack.privilege-escalation
13    - attack.t1574.001
14    - detection.emerging-threats
15logsource:
16    product: windows
17    category: image_load
18detection:
19    selection_1:
20        Image|endswith: ':\ProgramData\clip.exe'
21        ImageLoaded|endswith: ':\ProgramData\Version.dll'
22    selection_2:
23        Image|endswith: ':\ProgramData\wsmprovhost.exe'
24        ImageLoaded|endswith: ':\ProgramData\DSROLE.dll'
25    condition: 1 of selection_*
26falsepositives:
27    - Unlikely
28level: high