Potential Mfdetours.DLL Sideloading

Detects potential DLL sideloading of "mfdetours.dll". While using "mftrace.exe" it can be abused to attach to an arbitrary process and force load any DLL named "mfdetours.dll" from the current directory of execution.

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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

Unlikely

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Detection rules

Potential Mfdetours.DLL Sideloading

Detection logic

Detection requirements

Known benign triggers

MITRE ATT&CK mappings

From the source

Licence

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