Potential Application Whitelisting Bypass via Dnx.EXE

 1title: Potential Application Whitelisting Bypass via Dnx.EXE
 2id: 81ebd28b-9607-4478-bf06-974ed9d53ed7
 3status: test
 4description: |
 5    Detects the execution of Dnx.EXE. The Dnx utility allows for the execution of C# code.
 6    Attackers might abuse this in order to bypass application whitelisting.    
 7references:
 8    - https://lolbas-project.github.io/lolbas/OtherMSBinaries/Csi/
 9    - https://enigma0x3.net/2016/11/17/bypassing-application-whitelisting-by-using-dnx-exe/
10author: Beyu Denis, oscd.community
11date: 2019-10-26
12modified: 2024-04-24
13tags:
14    - attack.defense-evasion
15    - attack.t1218
16    - attack.t1027.004
17logsource:
18    category: process_creation
19    product: windows
20detection:
21    selection:
22        Image|endswith: '\dnx.exe'
23    condition: selection
24falsepositives:
25    - Legitimate use of dnx.exe by legitimate user
26level: medium

References

• Csi on LOLBAS

  

  csi.exe is a living-of-the-land file containing unexpected functionality that can be abused by attackers; this page lists all its use cases.

  
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• Bypassing Application Whitelisting By Using dnx.exe

  

  Over the past few weeks, I have had the pleasure to work side-by-side with Matt Graeber (@mattifestation) and Casey Smith (@subtee) researching Device Guard user mode code integrity (UMCI) bypasses…

  
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