Aruba Network Service Potential DLL Sideloading
Detects potential DLL sideloading activity via the Aruba Networks Virtual Intranet Access "arubanetsvc.exe" process using DLL Search Order Hijacking
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 1title: Aruba Network Service Potential DLL Sideloading
 2id: 90ae0469-0cee-4509-b67f-e5efcef040f7
 3status: test
 4description: Detects potential DLL sideloading activity via the Aruba Networks Virtual Intranet Access "arubanetsvc.exe" process using DLL Search Order Hijacking
 5references:
 6    - https://twitter.com/wdormann/status/1616581559892545537?t=XLCBO9BziGzD7Bmbt8oMEQ&s=09
 7author: Nasreddine Bencherchali (Nextron Systems)
 8date: 2023-01-22
 9modified: 2023-03-15
10tags:
11    - attack.defense-evasion
12    - attack.privilege-escalation
13    - attack.persistence
14    - attack.t1574.001
15logsource:
16    category: image_load
17    product: windows
18detection:
19    selection:
20        Image|endswith: '\arubanetsvc.exe'
21        ImageLoaded|endswith:
22            - '\wtsapi32.dll'
23            - '\msvcr100.dll'
24            - '\msvcp100.dll'
25            - '\dbghelp.dll'
26            - '\dbgcore.dll'
27            - '\wininet.dll'
28            - '\iphlpapi.dll'
29            - '\version.dll'
30            - '\cryptsp.dll'
31            - '\cryptbase.dll'
32            - '\wldp.dll'
33            - '\profapi.dll'
34            - '\sspicli.dll'
35            - '\winsta.dll'
36            - '\dpapi.dll'
37    filter:
38        ImageLoaded|startswith:
39            - 'C:\Windows\System32\'
40            - 'C:\Windows\SysWOW64\'
41            - 'C:\Windows\WinSxS\'
42    condition: selection and not filter
43falsepositives:
44    - Unknown
45level: high
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