ManageEngine Endpoint Central Dctask64.EXE Potential Abuse

calendar Aug 12, 2024 · attack.defense-evasion attack.t1055.001  ·
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Detects the execution of "dctask64.exe", a signed binary by ZOHO Corporation part of ManageEngine Endpoint Central. This binary can be abused for DLL injection, arbitrary command and process execution.

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 1title: ManageEngine Endpoint Central Dctask64.EXE Potential Abuse
 2id: 6345b048-8441-43a7-9bed-541133633d7a
 3status: test
 4description: |
 5    Detects the execution of "dctask64.exe", a signed binary by ZOHO Corporation part of ManageEngine Endpoint Central.
 6    This binary can be abused for DLL injection, arbitrary command and process execution.    
 7references:
 8    - https://twitter.com/gN3mes1s/status/1222088214581825540
 9    - https://twitter.com/gN3mes1s/status/1222095963789111296
10    - https://twitter.com/gN3mes1s/status/1222095371175911424
11author: Florian Roth (Nextron Systems), Nasreddine Bencherchali (Nextron Systems)
12date: 2020-01-28
13modified: 2024-04-22
14tags:
15    - attack.defense-evasion
16    - attack.t1055.001
17logsource:
18    category: process_creation
19    product: windows
20detection:
21    selection_img:
22        - Image|endswith: '\dctask64.exe'
23        - Hashes|contains:
24              - '6834B1B94E49701D77CCB3C0895E1AFD' # Imphash
25              - '1BB6F93B129F398C7C4A76BB97450BBA' # Imphash
26              - 'FAA2AC19875FADE461C8D89DCF2710A3' # Imphash
27              - 'F1039CED4B91572AB7847D26032E6BBF' # Imphash
28    selection_cli:
29        CommandLine|contains:
30            - ' executecmd64 '
31            - ' invokeexe '
32            - ' injectDll '
33    condition: all of selection_*
34falsepositives:
35    - Unknown
36level: high

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