Potential Waveedit.DLL Sideloading

Detects potential DLL sideloading of "waveedit.dll", which is part of the Nero WaveEditor audio editing software.

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 1title: Potential Waveedit.DLL Sideloading
 2id: 71b31e99-9ad0-47d4-aeb5-c0ca3928eeeb
 3status: test
 4description: Detects potential DLL sideloading of "waveedit.dll", which is part of the Nero WaveEditor audio editing software.
 5references:
 6    - https://www.trendmicro.com/en_us/research/23/f/behind-the-scenes-unveiling-the-hidden-workings-of-earth-preta.html
 7author: X__Junior (Nextron Systems)
 8date: 2023-06-14
 9tags:
10    - attack.defense-evasion
11    - attack.privilege-escalation
12    - attack.t1574.001
13logsource:
14    category: image_load
15    product: windows
16detection:
17    selection:
18        ImageLoaded|endswith: '\waveedit.dll'
19    filter_main_legit_path:
20        Image:
21            - 'C:\Program Files (x86)\Nero\Nero Apps\Nero WaveEditor\waveedit.exe'
22            - 'C:\Program Files\Nero\Nero Apps\Nero WaveEditor\waveedit.exe'
23        ImageLoaded|startswith:
24            - 'C:\Program Files (x86)\Nero\Nero Apps\Nero WaveEditor\'
25            - 'C:\Program Files\Nero\Nero Apps\Nero WaveEditor\'
26    condition: selection and not 1 of filter_main_*
27falsepositives:
28    - Unlikely
29level: high

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