Potential Rundll32 Execution With DLL Stored In ADS

 1title: Potential Rundll32 Execution With DLL Stored In ADS
 2id: 9248c7e1-2bf3-4661-a22c-600a8040b446
 3status: test
 4description: Detects execution of rundll32 where the DLL being called is stored in an Alternate Data Stream (ADS).
 5references:
 6    - https://lolbas-project.github.io/lolbas/Binaries/Rundll32
 7author: Harjot Singh, '@cyb3rjy0t'
 8date: 2023-01-21
 9modified: 2023-02-08
10tags:
11    - attack.defense-evasion
12    - attack.t1564.004
13logsource:
14    category: process_creation
15    product: windows
16detection:
17    selection_img:
18        - Image|endswith: '\rundll32.exe'
19        - OriginalFileName: 'RUNDLL32.EXE'
20    selection_cli:
21        # Example:
22        #   rundll32 "C:\ads\file.txt:ADSDLL.dll",DllMain
23        # Note: This doesn't cover the use case where a full path for the DLL isn't used. As it requires a more expensive regex
24        CommandLine|re: '[Rr][Uu][Nn][Dd][Ll][Ll]32(\.[Ee][Xx][Ee])? \S+?\w:\S+?:'
25    condition: all of selection_*
26falsepositives:
27    - Unknown
28level: high