MediumSigmaHQ Tom Kern +5

PowerShell Core DLL Loaded By Non PowerShell Process

Detects loading of essential DLLs used by PowerShell by non-PowerShell process. Detects behavior similar to meterpreter's "load powershell" extension.

Detection logic

Detection requirements

Platform: Windows
The rule states no platform. This is derived from the ATT&CK technique it maps to.
Log source product: windows
Log source category: image_load

Known benign triggers

Used by Microsoft SQL Server Management Studio
Used by some .NET binaries, minimal on user workstation.

References

Links the source published beside this detection. Reference is the link the source wrote, unmodified. Class is decided by this catalogue from the host and path, not stated by the source. Cited by counts published detections citing the same resource, including this one, and the sources beneath it count the repositories this catalogue ingests, which is not the same as independent research.
Reference	Class	Cited by
adsecurity.org/?p=2921	Security research	7
github.com/p3nt4/PowerShdll	Tool	Only this detection cites it

Detection rules

PowerShell Core DLL Loaded By Non PowerShell Process

Detection logic

Detection requirements

Known benign triggers

MITRE ATT&CK mappings

References

From the source

Licence

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Detection rules