Suspicious Control Panel DLL Load

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Detects suspicious Rundll32 execution from control.exe as used by Equation Group and Exploit Kits

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 1title: Suspicious Control Panel DLL Load
 2id: d7eb979b-c2b5-4a6f-a3a7-c87ce6763819
 3status: test
 4description: Detects suspicious Rundll32 execution from control.exe as used by Equation Group and Exploit Kits
 5references:
 6    - https://twitter.com/rikvduijn/status/853251879320662017
 7    - https://twitter.com/felixw3000/status/853354851128025088
 8author: Florian Roth (Nextron Systems)
 9date: 2017-04-15
10modified: 2023-02-09
11tags:
12    - attack.defense-evasion
13    - attack.t1218.011
14logsource:
15    category: process_creation
16    product: windows
17detection:
18    selection_parent:
19        ParentImage|endswith: '\System32\control.exe'
20    selection_img:
21        - Image|endswith: '\rundll32.exe'
22        - OriginalFileName: 'RUNDLL32.EXE'
23    filter:
24        CommandLine|contains: 'Shell32.dll'
25    condition: all of selection_* and not filter
26falsepositives:
27    - Unknown
28level: high

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